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Cardinals reflect on their time at Ball State Brooke Kemp | Managing Editor Brynn Mechem | Summer Editor

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While eager freshmen wheel suitcases and lug furniture up to their new home for the semester, it’s not uncommon to picture what the future may hold for them at Ball State.

It would be hard, however, to grasp the university’s past — what it took to mold what was once a donation from the Ball brothers into the university students know today.

In fact, not even the name of the university was the same when June Yates attended Ball State.

World War II was coming to a close as Yates began her first semester at Ball State Teachers College in 1944. At the time, most men were finishing their tours of duty, making women the majority of the student population.

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Beneficence: History and tradition

4May 30: Benny was commissioned in 1927 by the Muncie Chamber of Commerce to express gratitude to the Ball brothers. The sculpture was made

by Daniel Chester French, who sculpted the Abraham Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial.

Benny, who cost $50,000 to create, was unveiled in 1937.

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4Aug. 9: David Letterman was born in 1947 and graduated from Ball State’s department of radio and television in 1969. During his time at the university, he hosted a short-lived comedy and DJ show on campus radio station WBST. He went on to host “Late Night with David Letterman” and “The David Letterman Show.”

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Shafer Tower: 48 bells and 150 feet

located at the intersection of McKinley and Riverside avenues, was first operational Sept. 22, 1959.

Since then, the bricked intersection has been stage to communitybuilding, charity fundraisers and political protests. The light stops all vehicular traffic for 30 seconds as students cross from all directions.

Shafer Tower began in 2000 and was completed in 2001. It is formally known as a carillon, a set of bells played through an instrument such as a piano. Shafer housed 48 custom-made bells that range four octaves. The tower tolls out “Westminster Quarters” every 15 minutes.

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4July 19: Ball State athletics teams were first known as the Hooserions, adopting the “Cardinals” name in 1927. Charlie wasn’t added until 1969. That year, Charlie’s head was made of papier-mâché. In 1970 the costume went to a fiberglass head, red suit and yellow leggings. Three more changes preceded today’s version.

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Editor’s Note

Celebrating 100 years of history Ball State is celebrating its centennial year.

One hundred years ago, the five Ball brothers purchased a defunct institution and donated it to the state of Indiana. What was once called Indiana State Normal School Eastern Division was renamed Ball State University in honor of the generosity of the Ball brothers.

Without that generosity, the school as we know it may not exist.

It all began when the five Ball brothers moved to Muncie to start a glass jar manufacturing business. The brothers moved to Muncie after hearing of its gas boom and receiving free land and gas from the community. After opening a factory, the Balls became millionaires. They were so inspired by the spirit of the community, they decided to give back.

The brothers, along with other local Muncie businessmen, began planning for a university before 1900. The first building, what is now the Administration Building, was built in a little less than a year for $33,000. It was dedicated Aug. 28, 1899.

However the community efforts were not enough to sustain the college, so the Ball brothers purchased the land and donated it to the state.

This led to the creation of the Indiana State Normal School Eastern Division in 1918. It wasn’t until 1965 that the university’s name was officially changed and Ball State became official.

Originally a college for teachers, Ball state now has seven colleges that serve nearly 22,000 students a year. In the past 100 years, Ball State has accumulated a lot of history and the students have created many traditions.

One of those traditions began when the Muncie community wanted to express its gratitude for the kindness the Ball Brothers demonstrated.

The statue that was commissioned was named Beneficence, quickly becoming a tangible reminder of the spirit that is imprinted in the DNA of Ball State.

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While one of her hands stretches to welcome new students to campus, the other holds a treasure box to represent the “treasure of education.” Her wings represent the flight students take when they graduate and behind her are five pillars representing the Ball Brothers.

Today, Benny and all she symbolizes is a focal point for the university.

Following her example, the Beneficence Pledge states all members of the Ball State community maintain high standards of scholarship and excellence, practice academic honesty, act in a socially responsible way and value the intrinsic worth of every member in the community.

That goal is one that we follow not only as students, but also as journalists. Our paper began in 1922 and since, it has grown alongside the university. From the beginning, it has been our mission to reflect the interests and stories of Ball State and the Muncie community.

We’ve grown from solely a print product to an online-first mindset. While changes have been made, our values remain: seeking truth, minimizing harm and being accountable.

Over the next year, The Daily News is committed to telling the university’s stories, past and present. We will continue with our daily coverage as well as bring you, the readers, tales from the university’s past.

Those stories can be found both in our print edition on Thursdays, as well as on our centennial website, enterprise.ballstatedaily. com/Centennial.html.

We welcome your feedback as we continue to tell the stories of our university. If you have any questions or suggestions, our newsroom can be reached at 765-285-8245 or through email at editor@bsudailynews.com.

Thanks for reading, have a great school year and enjoy following along with our weekly paper and centennial coverage,

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Ball jar manufacturer closing in Muncie Brynn Mechem Summer Editor

Newell Brands, the company that produces Ball Jars, announced it will close its Muncie manufacturing plant beginning summer 2019.

The company decided to close the facility after reviewing the necessary upgrades and improvements it would

need, according to a statement from Newell Brands.

“As we are aware of the history this facility has in Muncie, it’s our goal to ensure a smooth transition for all impacted employees and members of the community leading up to the facility’s planned closing,” the statement said.

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President Mearns’ first year

Mearns reflects on first year, looks toward second

President Geoffrey Mearns and Charlie Cardinal throw a T-shirt to the fan section Feb. 9 in the John E. Worthen Arena. Mearns said he hopes to attend more student events in his second year. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN Andrew Smith Reporter From the take over of Muncie Community Schools, to a series of community forums and campus visits, President Geoffrey Mearns has spent his first year in office trying to get to know the communities he joined.

On campus, Mearns and his wife Jennifer completed several informal campus visits, where they walked around parts of the university in order to get to know it and Cardinals better.

Mearns said while simple, it is one of his proudest accomplishments so far.

“What is particularly gratifying to me is that a consistent theme that I have heard from all of those people, even given their diverse perspectives, is their passion and pride for Ball State,” Mearns said.

“They’re proud of what we have accomplished in the first 100 years and passionate, enthusiastic and

optimistic about the future.”

One of the ideas from the transition committee was to separate the campus into a little more than a dozen “zones,” and give Mearns the opportunity to interact with students, faculty and staff. He said the informal visits allowed him to see the campus and make connections with people at the university.

However, when Mearns moved to Muncie, he didn’t just want to get to know the Ball State community — he wanted to spend time getting to know the Muncie community and improving the relationship between the city and university.

Through a series of community forums hosted

by The Star Press, Mearns got to hear from the community on a number of topics.

“I am optimistic that we have all of the resources or necessary ingredients to revitalize and rejuvenate Muncie and our neighborhoods and the economy here,” Mearns said. “The forums gave me an opportunity to hear from people in the

community and their perspectives.

Another big part, and what he said was the biggest challenge of his first year in office, was the takeover of Muncie Community Schools through House Bill 1315.

“I never could have imagined that would be an opportunity presented to us,” Mearns said. “On the one hand, it has absorbed some of my time and energy in a way that we didn’t anticipate last May, but I think some of that time and energy has been invested wisely.”

Since taking office, Mearns has engaged and communicated with the university in new ways. A website was created to allow for the administration to be more transparent and communicate with the public on the latest updates.

During the long process of passing House Bill 1315, Mearns said the university website was updated with new information to answer the many questions asked by the public.

Mearns also said another part of being transparent is allowing people to participate in the critical decision-making process. During the strategic planning process, the university held numerous forums where students, faculty and staff, could ask questions and give their opinions.

While Mearns said he has been very present at student events, he hopes in the future he can attend more.

“I must say that everyday, particularly in the academic year, there is often not just one opportunity to see our students work but two or three,” Mearns said. “I just wish there was a way for me to make more events because I really enjoy going to athletic events. I enjoy going to see our students perform.”

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New Muncie School Board begins work at MCS House Bill 1315 passed and allowed Ball State to select a new MCS school board.

The new school board, comprised of WaTasha Barnes Griffin, Brittany Bales, Mark Ervin, Dave Heeter, James Lowe, Keith O’Neal and James Williams, began work July 1 in preparation for MCS’ academic year.

Here’s a quick look at what it took to get to this point:

Muncie Community Schools (MCS) began the 2018-19 academic year Aug. 6 and this year they were joined by seven new faces.

After a months-long journey through the Statehouse, House Bill 1315, which allowed Ball State to assume responsibility of MCS and elect a new school board was passed by the state Congress and Ball States Board of Trustees.

The bill allowed Ball State’s Board of Trustees to select five of the seven Muncie School Board members, leaving President Geoffrey Mearns to select the remaining two based off recommendations from Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler and Muncie City Council.

Legislation announced Mearns sent a campus-wide email Jan. 17 saying he and Board Chair Rick Hall testified in front of the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee on a piece of legislation that would combine the futures of the university and MCS. The amendment was written by Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville). When it was announced, community leaders such as Tyler were unaware of the bill.

HB 1315 passes the Senate An amended version of HB 1315 passed the Senate 35-14 March 6.

The amendments included provision to ensure the appointed school board would reflect the geographical and socioeconomic composition of the district. The motion included revisiting the arrangement after January 2027 to let voters decide whether or not to continue the relationship.

Due to the changes, HB 1315 returned to the House.

the Senate with a vote of 34-14.

Holcomb signs After approval from both Houses, the bill went to Holcomb’s desk. He signed the bill May 15.

Board of Trustees accepts role After the bill received approval from Congress and Holcomb, the vote went to the Board of Trustees. On May 16, the board unanimously approved the bill.

HB 1315 dies

School board selected

After making its return to the House, legislators didn’t vote on the bill before the legislative session ended. Shortly after the regular legislative session ended, Gov. Eric Holcomb called for a special session.

After 88 candidates applied to be considered by the Board of Trustees, the field was narrowed to 16.

A forum was held where Ball State’s 16 candidates and the choices from Muncie City Council and Tyler were asked to share their thoughts and hopes for MCS. On June 25, seven individuals were chosen to serve on the school board for staggered terms.

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HB 1315 passes the House

HB 1315 passes Congress

Two weeks after the announcement, HB 1315 passed the House 64-27.

During the May 14 special session, HB 1315 was passed in the House with a vote of 63-30 and

Meet the Muncie School Board Brooke Kemp Managing Editor

Brittany Bales, Instructor of special education at Ball State “The financial component is probably going to be our biggest challenge because really, there’s nothing else wrong with Muncie Schools,” Bales said. “I mean academically they’re great, faculty and staff are out of this world, I mean there’s nothing else.”

Dave Heeter, CEO of Mutual Bank “It will be important for us as we work to get our arms around the very biggest issues first and foremost,” Heeter said. “We need to have a very clear understanding of the financial conditions of the system, and I don’t know that I have that. I’ve heard a lot of different things, but I think spending time just to know exactly where we are is going to be very important because that will influence some of what we can and can’t do.”

James Lowe, Associate Vice President for facilities planning and management at Ball State “I want to get to know the teachers, I want to get to know how to help the teachers,” Lowe said. “I wouldn’t call that fix, but it’s learning what we can do to support, and it’s all those, it’s the teachers, it’s the parents, it’s the students — they all need support and they all need our involvement.”

James Williams, Lawyer at Defur Voran “Over the next three to five years, MCS should

become an innovative and forward-thinking system that provides a broad range of educational opportunities to its students and the community,” Williams said in his application.

Keith O’Neal, Bishop at Destiny Christian Church and vice president of the Collective Coalition of Concerned Clergy “My interest is to help,” O’Neal said. “I’m an advocate for the city, I’m an advocate for the schools, and so I’ve seen an opportunity to come in and use my influence and my background.”

Mark Ervin, Attorney “We need to be visible. We need to be supportive of everything that the schools are doing — that leads to a goal of excellence,” Ervin said. “I think also, it’s going to take a little bit of time, but I think our actions will speak louder than our words.”

WaTasha Barnes Griffin, Executive Director of the Muncie YWCA “I am willing to be a part of this unique opportunity to improve the educational experiences for all of the children, the families, the educators within the MCS system,” Griffin said in an email.

“I will be a strong advocate for our children, a strong voice for our community and an effective steward of our dollars. I will proudly uphold the values and morals of this great city of Muncie.”

Read more about the Muncie School board online at ballstatedaily.com.

Contact Brooke Kemp with comments at bmekmp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @brookemkemp.

The seven Muncie School Board members were selected and announced during a Board of Trustees meeting Monday, June 25. Front row, from left, are David Heeter, WaTasha Barnes Griffin and James Lowe. Back row, from left are Brittany Bales, James Williams and Keith O’Neal. Not picutred is Mark Ervin. BRYNN MECHEM, DN

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Ball State to make switch to Canvas A new learning management system will replace Blackboard in May 2019.

Brynn Mechem Summer Editor After a three-year pilot program, the university is making a switch from Blackboard to Canvas starting May 2019.

While the university has been using Blackboard for more than 15 years, surveys from the pilot program found more students and faculty preferred Canvas.

“It is more of a modern interface,” said Dan Jones, an instructional consultant in the division of online and strategic learning.

“The students that we asked about which one they preferred it was always Canvas because of the way it looked.”

Out of the nearly 13,000 students who participated in the pilot program, 74 percent said they would prefer to keep using Canvas. Out of the 231 faculty members who participated, 83 percent said they preferred Canvas to Blackboard.

Jones said the switch would provide the university population with a lot of benefits as Canvas is media friendly — allowing professors to give video feedback — is easy to navigate and has 24-hour support.

“It has 24/7 support for the students and for

The final determination was not based on cost, it was based on what’s better for our students, what’s better for our faculty.”

- DAN JONES, Instructional consultant, division of online and strategic learning the faculty and it’s just been great,” he said.

“They’ve got toll free phone numbers as well as a chat that people can use to get help any time that they need. Blackboard had dropped the 24/7 support on us so that hurt us in some of our online course rankings.”

Additionally, Canvas has an app for both iPhone and Android users that allows them to check their grades and view impending due dates, as well as a built in calendar that informs students of upcoming assignments.

“One of the bigger complaints from students that we’d always hear is that they want to be able to use their phones to check their grades, look at

when due dates are coming up and now they’ll be able to do that with Canvas,” Jones said.

In the two semesters leading up to the change, faculty members will have the option of running their classes in either learning management system (LMS), though it is recommended they run at least one of their courses in the fall semester and fully switch over by spring 2019 when all access to Blackboard and any course information in the system will be lost.

“There is just a faculty learning curve,” said Sue Husted, curriculum design and scholarship of teaching and learning specialist. “There may be some hiccups as they get used to things because things are different and buttons are in different places, but I think things will all work out in the end, it’s just learning a new system.”

Additionally, Husted said the university compared the accessibility factor of Canvas to Blackboard and found both had one of the highest compatibility ratings possible.

However, Jones said Canvas does have one feature Blackboard did not.

“Canvas does have a new feature they’ve added recently called an accessibility checker,” he said. “So when faculty put new things into the text boxes within the course they can click a button to run an accessibility checker to make sure they aren’t using fonts or colors that are hard to read.”

There was a slight price difference between the two systems, Jones said, but he wanted to make sure the university was using the program that was best for the students.

“The final determination was not based on cost, it was based on what’s better for our students, what’s better for our faculty,” he said.

“So, although price was a consideration, of course, it was not one of the final determining factors, it was more about usability and student and faculty concerns and feedback.”

Contact Brynn Mechem with comments at bamechem@bsu.edu or on Twitter @BrynnMechem.

As part of President Geoffrey Mearns’ Better Together initiative, Cardinal Cash may soon be usable in The Village. If a vendor chooses to be a part of the program, there is no limit on what it can sell. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN

Cardinal Cash may soon be usable in The Village Once a vendor is approved, there is no restriction on what is sold.

Brooke Kemp Managing Editor Paying for meals in The Village may soon be as easy as swiping a Ball State ID. On July 1, Ball State began contacting eligible merchants in The Village, inviting them to participate in the Ball State University Village Merchant Cardinal Cash Pilot Program.

This program expands the use of Cardinal Cash, an account Ball State students and faculty can deposit money into and access with their Ball State ID, into The Village.

While allowing the use of Cardinal Cash in The Village is part of President Geoffrey Mearns’ Better Together initiative, Bernard Hannon, vice president for business affairs and treasurer, said student groups, the university senate, the mayor’s office and local merchants have also requested the opportunity.

“Probably half of the colleges in the country to my understanding have some sort of arrangement with local merchants for this,” Hannon said. “So as a pilot program, we wanted to start in The Village — and not broader — and see how it goes and we want to limit it initially to merchants that sell primarily food and beverage.”

Now that Ball State has contacted vendors, Hannon said it is up to the businesses to take the next steps.

“It could start tomorrow if it was all ready, but it will take a little while,” Hannon said. “Hopefully we’ll have some merchants up and running by the time the fall semester starts, but that’s entirely up to the merchants.”

Before officially accepting Cardinal Cash, interested businesses must first work with CBORD, a company Ball State hired to handle ID transactions. The partnership includes an initial cost of $250, which goes toward necessary equipment and setup.

After arrangements have been made, businesses will be charged an ongoing service fee of $30 per month. Transaction fees would also be charged to each purchase as if a credit or debit card were being used. However, there would be no charge to the university or Cardinal Cash users, Hannon said.

Cardinal Cash can already be used at several locations including all Ball State dining locations, the bookstore in the Art and Journalism Building, the Technology Store in Bracken Library, all Emens events, sporting events in Scheumann Stadium and Worthen Arena, the pharmacy in the Health Center and laundry facilities.

So far, Julie Hopwood, associate vice president for business and auxiliary services, said three businesses outside of Ball State have inquired about the program. While the university did not specify which businesses have indicated interest, Hannon said, “once the vendors are approved, there’s no restriction on what the vendor sells.”

Eventually, the university hopes to expand this opportunity into downtown Muncie, but Hannon said it depends on whether or not the pilot program is successful.

“The goals of this are to try and engage students and employees in The Village, so we’ll find out is that actually happening,” Hannon said. “Second, are the transactions working appropriately, are they safe, are they secure and are we having merchants participate? So, if all those things happen, we would call it a successful pilot.”

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Ball State community says pull Schnatter’s name,

university decides otherwise Allie Kirkman Editor

over the past years, adding a new Multicultural Center – we have seen evidence that Ball State is making strides toward making our university a more welcoming and diverse campus,” he said.

Alumni also started a petition asking the university to remove Schnatter’s name from the John H. Schnatter Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. The petition has nearly 3,000 of its 5,000 signature goal.

“I recall my time as a tour guide, speaking highly of John Schnatter,” Fernando Rubio said. “The name now leaves a bad taste.”

Rubio, a 2011 Ball State graduate, is one of many alumni who have spoken out after the Papa John’s founder used a racial slur during a conference call in May. Rubio said he is not only disappointed in Schnatter’s actions, but also Ball State’s response, which he said, “has been lackluster at best.”

Nearly three weeks after the July 18 statement, the Ball State Board of Trustees announced its support for Schnatter, stating the John H. Schnatter Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise will remain on campus, keeping the alumnus’ name on the institute in Carmichael Hall.

The university’s public statement came two days after Schnatter said the Papa John’s pizza chain

This is Indiana we are talking about, and when one white man is attacked, the institution protects him. We, the alumni community, should hold all donations to the university until real action is taken.”

- FERNANDO RUBIO, Ball State alumnus needs him back as its public face, adding that his quick resignation as chairman was a “mistake.”

In the statement, Board Chair Rick Hall said Schnatter’s use of the N-word during a private meeting with consultants was “not in a derogatory manner seeking to demean any individuals or groups; rather it was used as an example of improper conduct.”

“John has acknowledged, notwithstanding his intentions, that his use of the word was inappropriate. His response was to promptly issue an apology and unequivocally denounce racism,” Hall said. “He has reaffirmed those views to us personally, and such sentiment is consistent with Ball State’s values.”

Michael Goldsby, executive director of the John H. Schnatter Institute for Entrepreneurship and

University organizations release statements

Students and alumni are petitioning Ball State to remove John Schnatter’s name from the John H. Schnatter Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise after he used a racial slur during a conference call in May. AP PHOTO Free Enterprise, did not comment on the decision and instead directed The Daily News to Wolf, stating the university spokesperson is “handling all media inquiries on the issue.”

Days after Hall released his statement, President Geoffrey Mearns released a statement saying the Board made the right decision for the university.

“He has acknowledged that he should not have used that language, and he has apologized for the harm that his words caused to so many people,” the statement reads. “This situation provides all of us with the opportunity to consider our most important responsibility — our obligation to take tangible steps to make our campus and our communities more diverse and inclusive.”

In 2016, Schnatter and the Charles Koch Foundation awarded a $3.25 million grant to Ball State’s John H. Schnatter Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, which “supports events and training focused on creative problem solving, best business practices, and economic literacy,” according to the Ball State website.

Alumni weigh in on decision As a supporter of “completely removing

Schnatter from the records,” Rubio said Ball State’s statements did not come as a surprise.

“This is Indiana we are talking about, and when one white man is attacked, the institution protects him,” Rubio said. “We, the alumni community, should hold all donations to the university until real action is taken.”

James Wells, a 2017 graduate and former SGA president, said he believes the university should take more time evaluating whether or not Schnatter’s name should remain.

“It’s clear they’ve received understanding from John Schnatter. Why not reach out to the larger Ball State community and see how they feel — alumni, current students, professors, people of color who are affected by this,” Wells said. “I understand greatly Papa John didn’t mean it as derogatory. But we can’t let that continue to let the intentions behind the actions give us a waiver to excuse such inappropriate actions and lack of judgement.”

While Wells said the administration “still has a lot to learn,” he believes the university cares about the student population.

“Unlike many universities, Ball State has worked toward increasing its minority population

The current SGA slate, Amplify, released a statement on Facebook about the university’s decision.

“We would like to formally condemn and share that we strongly disagree with the language and actions of John Schnatter,” the statement said.

“John Schnatter and his platform do not uphold the values of Ball State students, faculty or the community at-large. We as an executive board have heard the outcry and will fight to honor the Beneficence Pledge.”

The statement also said the board will meet with Mearns in August to discuss this, along with other issues, and will request to meet with the Board of Trustees. The board also will host a student forum to hear student input, but a date has not yet been set.

The Black Student Association (BSA) also released a statement Saturday saying the group disagreed with the decision the board made.

“We are deeply disappointed and embarrassed at the lack of care and consideration demonstrated by Ball State University’s Board of Trustees concerning the John Schnatter situation,” BSA’s statement on Facebook said. “Our University has made commitments and pledges to their student body, concerning diversity & inclusion on its campus. These commitments and pledges are supposed to be for every minority group represented on our campus. However it appears that the Black Students, Faculty, and Staff at this University are an exception. Once again, it seems as if we are irrelevant and unaccounted for by upper level and leadership decisions.”

The Asian American Student Association (AASA), Latinx Student Union (LSU) and Spectrum released a joint statement in support of BSA’s statement, saying Schnatter’s words could not simply be ignored. Additionally, BSU NAACP released a statement saying the organization was “highly disappointed and distraught” by the Board of Trustees’ stance.

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Judge makes ruling in Bracken, Madjax case Mary Freda Reporter

In November 2015, Gearbox: Muncie - A Maker Hub, opened in the former Cintas building. The hub, a Sustainable Muncie Corporation (SMC) project, was promoted as a makerspace with a focus on community betterment, according to the Madjax website.

More than a year later, the makerspace was renamed “Madjax” — an homage to the facility’s location on Madison and Jackson streets. The facility was renamed to incorporate the project’s evolving purpose, which included hosting a variety of maker, academic and community tenants, according to a release.

However, loans to the facility in 2016 and 2017 weren’t widely received by everyone, causing a lawsuit to be drawn between a Ball State Board of Trustees member and the city.

January 2016 Though Ball State Board of Trustees secretary Thomas Bracken didn’t formally file a lawsuit until fall 2017, he expressed dismay toward the makerspace during a Jan. 4, 2016, Muncie City Council meeting.

During the meeting, council members discussed

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Resolution 3-16, which was meant to establish a revolving fund for Madjax. The fund was created to funnel a $1-million credit line into the project and help provide capital for improvement projects.

Though Bracken applauded the collaboration of the project, he said it would cost millions to make it a reality. Additionally, he said the building was an “eye sore,” and should be torn down to create a green space, according to Muncie City Council minutes.

Before the resolution was adopted, Bracken said he didn’t want to make the impression of not investing in Muncie, rather that the city has limited resources, which should be used wisely.

In September 2017, Madjax Director of Operations Jennifer Greene told The Daily News the funds were used to bring the building up to code by adding ADA-compliant elevators, stairways and bathrooms.

August 2017 During the Aug. 7, 2017, Muncie City Council meeting, Ordinance 33-17 was introduced.

The ordinance would ultimately grant SMC with a $4.5-million bond to pay off the existing $1.8-million debt at Madjax and continue improvement projects to accommodate new programming and tenants.

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During the meeting, Bracken applauded the efforts at Madjax and its tenants, but again mentioned he didn’t think the former Cintas building was the right place.

Ultimately, the ordinance was unanimously tabled until each councilperson had ample opportunity for his or her questions to be answered.

September 2017 After hearing from several community members, including Bracken, council adopted Ordinance 6-2 Sept. 11, 2017. Its adoption granted Madjax the $4.5-million loan.

Four days later, Bracken filed an injunction to prevent the city from going through with additional Madjax funding.

Parties listed in the lawsuit included the City of Muncie, the Muncie Redevelopment Commission, the Muncie Economic Redevelopment Commission and the Common Council of the City of Muncie.

November 2017 On Nov. 29, 2017, a preliminary hearing was held for the lawsuit at the Hamilton County Courthouse.

However, after opening statements, both parties agreed to continue the hearing, progressing into the final hearing of the case.

After seven hours of witness testimony and cross examinations, both parties were given a Dec. 13, 2017, deadline to submit closing arguments, which would later be reviewed by Judge Steven Nation.

January 2018 After the proposed findings of fact and conclusions were filed in late December 2017, Nation was anticipated to make a ruling within two to four weeks, however, a ruling wouldn’t be made until late 2018.

February to June 201 While the lawsuit remained undecided, the $4.5-million bond was frozen in place, which ultimately prevented tenants like Purdue Polytechnic from occupying space in Madjax.

“One of the reasons why we just kind of delayed was we wanted to have all the resources to make sure that when Purdue moved in, that it was a quality facility. That everything was in place to better serve our students, better serve our other stakeholders that are partnering with us,” said Corey Sharp, director of Purdue Polytechnic Anderson. “Also, just there was some overall infrastructure that needed to be built to make it work for Purdue.”

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FBI Inves igation: More than 2 years into the rrobe of the City of Muncie Former building commissioner Craig Nichols agrees to plea deal.

Nearly 18 months have passed since Craig Nichols, the former building commissioner of Muncie, was arrested on the grounds of wire fraud and money laundering. So far, Nichols has been the only Muncie official to be indicted in the FBI’s investigation of the City of Muncie.

The investigation of Muncie’s city officials began in May 2016 following concerns of contracts awarded to companies operated by Nichols.

The investigation has borne 34 counts of criminal activity, all against Nichols. Of those 34 counts, Nichols pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud

Timeline of events It has been more than two years since the first reports of the FBI’s investigation into Muncie City Hall.

While confirmed details are scarce about the investigation’s current status, The Daily News has been following along as new information is released.

The following is a timeline of events that have occurred since the FBI began investigating the City of Muncie:

May 12, 2016: The first news reports of the

FBI investigation into the City of Muncie began.

The Star Press published an article stating the FBI was looking into multiple things — primarily actions at the Building Commissioner’s office, Muncie Sanitary District and Muncie Community Development — based on conversations with those familiar with the matter. The FBI did not confirm nor deny the investigation to The Star Press.

June 21, 2016: A city hall insider told The

Star Press that a number of city officials have been interviewed and the investigation is “wide and far reaching.” The insider also told The Star Press “If [The FBI is] not looking into … the sanitary district, they’re silly.”

and one count of money laundering, according to a U.S. District Court document.

According to the document, the wire fraud count came after “Nichols knowingly devised and participated in a scheme to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, and by concealment of material facts.”

The other 32 counts of criminal activity were dropped in a plea deal. Now, Nichols, who will be sentenced by a U.S. District Court Nov. 29, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the two counts, according to the maximum penalties stated in the U.S. District Court document.

invoices to steer work to his companies, and then bill Muncie more than $376,000 for work his company either never performed or performed at inflated prices.”

FBI Special Agent in Charge W. Jay Abbott said Nichols’ arrest is “one more step into an ongoing investigation.”

Jan. 5, 2017: A search warrant was executed

at City Hall where he said Nichols was placed on unpaid administrative leave. When Tyler began to speak on the investigation against the advice of his attorneys, The Daily News reported “city attorney Megan Quirk interrupted and said, “‘Pardon me, we are not speaking of the indictment.’” However, Quirk did say she believed one of the two city officials named in the indictment as “City official A” and “another city official” to be Tyler.

Feb. 14, 2017: An indictment was filed in the U.S. District Court - Southern District of Indiana Indianapolis Division against Nichols.

Feb. 15, 2017: Nichols was arrested in the

morning on charges of wire fraud, theft and money laundering. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated Nichols’ arrest was the result of a year-long and ongoing investigation with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI and Internal Revenue Service.

Nichols, who became the building commissioner in 2012, is alleged, according to the press release, to have “abused his position of trust by using sham bidding practices and submitting fraudulent

That same court document also states the government “agrees not to bring other federal charges against the defendant based on information currently known.” However, if new information is brought forward, Nichols could be found responsible to more than the charges he pleaded guilty for.

On the grounds that Nichols continues to cooperate in the judicial processes, the government “has agreed to recommend a sentence at the lowest end of the Advisory Guideline Range as calculated by the Court at sentencing.”

Contact Garrett Looker with comments at galooker@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Garrett_Looker.

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July 11, 2016: The Star Press reported more FBI agents were coming to Muncie. After looking into public records subpoenaed from the City of Muncie, The Star Press also reported the FBI seemed to be looking into contracts for work performed for the city, including work done by Craig Nichols, the city building commissioner appointed

by Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler. at Muncie City Hall. Tyler released a statement confirming the search of the Building Commissioner’s office and stated, “the City intends to cooperate fully in the investigation, and looks forward to a complete and early resolution of any issues.”

Garrett Looker | Reporter

Feb. 16, 2017: Tyler held a press conference

May 18, 2017: The FBI and officers from the

Indiana State Police were at the Muncie Sanitary District Engineering Office for what the FBI said was “investigative activity in that area.” In a press release from the City of Muncie, the city said it was aware of law enforcement activity through media reports, but was unaware of the reasons.

July 11, 2017: A 17-page indictment by the

U.S. District Court was released and further explained the reasoning behind Nichols’ arrest and his 34 charges.

Oct. 12, 2017: Almost a year after Steven

Stewart resigned as city police chief, he filed a lawsuit against the City of Muncie, which revealed more details about the FBI investigation.

The lawsuit revealed that Tyler asked Stewart to have the Muncie Police Department conduct an investigation of an employee who was possibly cooperating with the FBI. The lawsuit also revealed details about Stewart’s conversations with City officials, including Tyler and the FBI.

March 1, 2018: In an interview with The Star Press, when asked if he has ever been contacted by the FBI, Tyler said, “Never, never.” When asked about his opinion on the investigation, Tyler said he “can’t say much” because of his limited knowledge but doesn’t want to “allow it to delay our vision for the city.”

July 19, 2018: Nichols agreed to plead guilty in U.S. District Court. He faced 34 criminal charges and agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering, though the other 32 chargers are to be dismissed. Nichols now faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of his two counts.

Contact Andrew Smith with comments at ajsmith15@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ AndrewSmithNews. Contact Brooke Kemp with comments at bmkemp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ brookemkemp.

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Andrew Harp Assistant News Editor After a lockdown on American University campus in Washington, D.C., where several students weren’t given a notification of an armed intruder on campus, Ball State’s own notification system has been called into question.

With the 2018-19 academic year approaching, University Police Department (UPD) Chief Jim Duckham said the system currently does not need any updates.

“I haven’t seen any problems within our system that we need to change,” Duckham said.

The system contains several methods to notify the community of emergency situations including text messages, emails, call boxes, class phones and televisions. Though Duckham said people should not depend on just one form of emergency notification.

“We try to get that messaging out as quickly as possible, understanding the limitations that text messaging and Twitter puts on us,” Duckham said.

He said emails provide a fuller and more comprehensive explanation of the situation, but are hindered due to the fact that most people aren’t checking their email at all times.

Michael Dorn, executive director of Safe Havens International, a non-profit campus safety center and school safety expert for 36 years, said alert systems like these have been around for several years and are going to continue to develop and improve as technology progresses.

“Where we often see the best opportunities for improvement right now is preparing people to make those decisions and get the information out,” Dorn said. “The systems operate faster than the people do.”

Dorn said the capacity to push out messages is faster than receiving facts and briefs because most people don’t realize how difficult it is to craft a factual, emergency notification and send it out quickly.

“It’s the same thing we see with metal detectors and security camera systems with a live monitor, is efforts to make sure that the people that those

systems are reliant upon are properly prepared to make decisions, craft reasonably accurate messages and push them out in a timely manner,” Dorn said.

The system is a result of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act passed in 1990, which requires universities to disclose information on certain types of crimes. It received criticism in 2013 and 2014 when messages were sent out either too slowly or not at all.

In 2016, students criticized a message that was sent containing misspelled words and vague information after a suspect was found on campus.

“In that emergency, we’re just getting it out so there may be a misspelling or may not sound grammatically great or correct,” Duckham said. “Time is of the essence in those emergency notifications.”

Duckham said UPD will continually update people on emergency situations that may last longer than usual. But the alert systems are not meant for details; they are meant to give pertinent information in an emergency situation.

To ensure these messages are as optimal as possible, Dorn said people he has worked with are put through testing and simulations to help practice, which develops accurate and faster messages.

Dorn said another issue that may arise with alert systems is cyber security because systems and technologies can be hacked, which may lead to false messages being sent out.

From his global experience, Dorn said the United States is more advanced in terms of the technology and preparedness, but also in terms of school violence.

“We’re at a very high state of prevention and readiness,” Dorn said. “We’re not perfect, but our universities and institutions of higher learning are so far ahead in what we see in most other parts of the world.”

Duckham said everyone should subscribe to all emergency notification systems or update information in case someone’s phone number or email address has changed.

Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @adharp24.

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After more than 40 years, Ball State Multicultural Center slated for renovation, relocation Mary Freda Reporter When first built in 1934, the Multicultural Center was a two-story residential structure, however, its purpose morphed in the early 1970s to “respond to the requests of African-American students who wanted a place of solidarity and support on campus,” according to the center’s about page.

The 4,000-square-foot building, then known as the Special Programs House, became dedicated to serving minority students.

Over four decades, the program was renamed four times. The name changes, according to an interview with former Director of the Multicultural Center, Patricia Lovett, were to include more of the campus community.

Around 2000, the program went under its final name change and became the Multicultural Center.

Throughout the years, it has maintained its size and location — southeast of the Student Center.

However, in May 2018 the Ball State Board of Trustees approved the construction of a new Multicultural Center.

The new center, which will be located east of Bracken Library, will measure 10,500 square feet and feature “amenities designed to assist and support all students and to promote diversity and inclusion,” according to a press release.

Work on the $4-million facility is slated to begin in 2019. However, the board has yet to approve the design of the project, which will be unveiled at a future meeting, according to the release.

Over the last five years, Ball State has seen a 4.8 percent increase in undergraduate minority enrollment, according to Ball State University factbook data. In Fall 2017, 20 percent of new freshman were part of an underrepresented population, which set an institutional record for the university, according to a release.

“I hope that the center continues to represent a

space that is a home for students and that when they return as alumni they will remember it as a place where they were supported, challenged, and inspired,” said Melinda Messineo, interim associate vice president of institutional diversity, in an email. “I also hope that it becomes a symbol of diversity, equity and inclusion and inspires us to the highest ideals.”

Additionally, Messineo said the new building “helps embody the values of Beneficence and keeps diversity, equity and inclusion a forethought, not an afterthought.”

Though no longer hosted in the Multicultural Center, the university’s Big 4 organizations, Asian American Student Association (AASA), Black Student Association (BSA), Latinx Student Union (LSU) and Spectrum, all spend time at the center, whether it’s for programming, events or general meetings.

However, lack of space restricts how some organizations like BSA are able to use the size, which has caused a lot of frustration for BSA President KeAyra Williams, who said her views don’t necessarily represent the rest of the organization.

“It’s annoying because it’s like, OK, literally the Multicultural Center, it’s been here for a long time, and it’s been serving minority students for more than 40 years at this point. So, it’s like, why have we not gotten to a larger space? So, just that feeling of annoyance that we can’t go in there or that we can’t really utilize the space like we want to,” said Williams, who has been a member of BSA for four years.

The creation of a new center made it seem like students were finally being heard, after so many years of students saying the center and its resources are old, she said. In addition to building up a stronger library, adding a lounge space and making hours more flexible, Williams said she thinks adding resource centers would be beneficial

to the Multicultural Center.

“Having just a general Multicultural Center, it’s not specific enough. We need to make sure that we have enough resources in there, not just the resource centers itself, but staffing, people that can adequately assist in the minority student experiences because there’s so many different ones,” Williams said. “I think it’s beneficial that we’re all represented in there individually, and we have proper staffing and mentors to work in that building that can really help and guide us throughout our college career.”

Some universities, like Purdue, have individual resource centers for various minority groups of campus, including the Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center, the Black Cultural Center, the Latino Cultural Center, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Center and the Native American Educational and Cultural Center.

“If our Multicultural Center was really more up-to-date and if it was larger in space, that could be somewhere where minority students come and hang out and that could’ve been a way where I could’ve made friends and kind of opened up more,” Williams said. “I think it kind of would’ve set out those feelings of isolation and the feeling that I didn’t belong because I was at a PWI (predominantly white institution).”

The new center, “in a perfect world,” would include individualized resource centers for minority populations on campus, said Brooklyn Arizmendi, Spectrum president. The center would allow members of Spectrum to access resources beyond the student-run organization.

“I think the Multi has done its best with what it currently has, but of course it would do more with a better space and other accommodations,” Arizmendi said in an email. “Considering that it was tight having just the beginning population of Spectrum, which isn’t even the normal size of

The Multicultural center was first built in 1934. This past May 2018, The Ball State Board of Trustees approved of a new Multicultural Center STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN BSA, how could it truly fulfill being a hub for minority students?”

While the size of the Multicultural Center is an issue, Arizmendi said wheelchair users can’t access resources, like the Malcolm X Library, that are currently housed on the second floor of the building.

In addition to broadening resources, Jamie Rodriguez, LSU president and Isabella Gandy, AASA president, said having staff in the center to work one-on-one with students and their families or to act as a counselor who would help the student become acclimated to Ball State, would be a welcome amenity.

Contact Mary Freda with comments at mafreda@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Mary_Freda1.

Work on Master Plan continues throughout campus Andrew Harp Assistant News Editor Construction at Ball State is nothing new, but projects on campus continue to roll out and develop.

Released in 2015, the Campus Master Plan provides a comprehensive look at the school’s upcoming physical changes and projects for the next 15 to 25 years.

The plan shows “phases” in the form of nearterm, mid-term and long-term planning, but is subject to change depending on funding.

The near-term phase is a list of improvements, constructions and renovations. These range in

size from bicycle paths to entire residence halls.

Some of the projects in the mid-term have already begun, such as work on Woodworth Complex and Whitinger Business Building.

Jim Lowe, associate vice president for facilities planning and management, said there is also a general repair and rehabilitation plan, which is updated regularly.

This is outside of the capital plan, or Master Plan, which consists of larger projects.

“It’s a description of what we would do if and when funding becomes available,” Lowe said.

Considering the library started construction in 1972, the 300,000 square foot roof needs special attention, which could take three to four summers

to complete and cost millions of dollars.

Lowe said facilities also will be considering the New York Avenue parking structure, which is labeled as a proposed parking garage, and will be near the property of the First Presbyterian Church.

This structure will provide access off New York Avenue, especially during times of high volume traffic. Additionally, this will also help in merging with the East Mall.

The East Mall will be a green space between the McKinley Avenue parking garage and the new East Quad. According to the master plan, “The East Mall is proposed as a new pedestrian and bicycle corridor to provide an iconic campus connector between the new East Quad, and the

Student Recreation and Wellness Center, and alleviate congestion on McKinley Avenue.”

Martin Street from Ashland Avenue to Riverside Avenue will cease to exist once the East Mall is finished.

Lowe said he is uncertain how long it will take to build out the green space for the East Mall, because the university has yet to secure total funds for the project.

“In the next year to two years, we will try to do as much as possible,” Lowe said.

Also located in the East Mall will be the new Multicultural Center, which is set to break ground summer 2019.

Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @adharp24.

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Andrew Bennett and Kenneth Stevenson are the co-founders of Versa Media, a company that created the science fiction TV show “Cerebral.” VERSA MEDIA, DN PROVIDED Adam Pannel Reporter Ball State alumni and Versa Media co-founders Kenneth Stevenson and Andrew Bennett plan to push the boundaries of science fiction storytelling as they debut their episodic television series, “Cerebral,” on the international stage this summer.

“Cerebral” is reminiscent of old-school science fiction classics, such as Twilight Zone and the X-Files, with its supernatural atmosphere and awareness of societal issues.

However, “Cerebral” differentiates itself with episodes that focus on the human psyche and mental illness.

“Mental illness and mentality in general is a spectrum we feel is going to continuously be expanded upon as far as our understanding,” Stevenson said. “We have always found that topic interesting, so it’s been a fine line between trying to figure out how not to exploit it, but to be respectful of it and show it in an honest way.”

“Cerebral’s” origins began right at Ball State where Stevenson and Bennett met and became friends.

“I was a freshman at Ball State, and I remember there was a professor that taught TCOM 101, and I remember the professor starting the class by saying, ‘Everybody look to the right, and everybody look to your left,’” Bennett said. “‘The person sitting on your left and your right could quite possibly be your biggest collaborator.’”

Stevenson and Bennett’s passion for film at the time drove the future collaborators together into clubs such as Cardinal Filmworks and Frog Baby Film Festival.

The two filmmakers eventually began their own unsanctioned club on campus to work on films outside of the organizations they were involved in.

The idea for “Cerebral” grew out of a film they shot together in Muncie, and the club eventually became the production company Versa Media when Stevenson and Bennett graduated from Ball State.

Most of the media company is still comprised of Ball State alumni, and “Cerebral” is now ready for a larger audience.

The pilot episode of the show, “Skookum,” was one of only 13 drama pilots to be selected as a finalist, and premier in June at the SeriesFest film

festival in Denver, Colorado.

Now, Stevenson and Bennett are looking for a distributor who has a like-minded vision for the future direction of the show.

Overall, Stevenson and Bennett are “grateful for the opportunities” Ball State gave them because it prepared them to go after their dreams.

“Going to Ball State was such an important decision and so many factors led to where we are today,” Stevenson said. “We’re grateful for that and hopefully we can give back and make this school proud through our actions.”

Contact Adam Pannel with comments at arpannel@bsu.edu.

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Continued from Page 1 Before the men returned, Yates lived in Elliott Hall with one roommate. On the top floor of the residence hall was an open space for aspiring nurses being fast-tracked through the program to provide quick aid to those still fighting the war.

“I was 18. They put me with a girl who was 23.

I thought, ‘Why are they putting me with an old lady?’ But, we became best friends,” Yates said.

“She was a wonderful girl.”

When the soldiers came back to campus, however, a severe increase in enrollment caused a chain reaction of changes across campus.

Yates was moved to Lucina Hall, where she shared a dorm with three other women. Elliott Hall again became an all-men’s dorm.

“When I was a freshman there were about 1,000 girls and about 50 men on campus. The next year, as the war was over, the trend absolutely totally reversed and there were like 10 men to one girl,” Yates said. “Boy is that nice.”

When I was a freshman there were about 1,000 girls and about 50 men on campus. The next year, as the war was over, the trend absolutely totally reversed and there were like 10 men to one girl. Boy is that nice.”

- JUNE YATES, Ball State Alumna Among the men returning from war was her future husband, Robert. Both June and Robert worked in the dining halls on campus for 35 cents an hour and met when she was on a date with another student named Jim. “This was after all the men came back, you know that exciting time?” Yates said. “[Jim] took me to the dish room where [Robert] was working at Elliott Hall and introduced me to my future husband, and I think it was just love at first sight.

We just hit it off immediately.”

Yates went to Ball State until 1948 before ultimately marrying Robert that summer. She then opted to take classes in the summer to finish her degree.

Not only did she meet her husband after the war, her class sizes changed. All the buildings her classes were in were squeezed into what is now known as the North Quad, and typically consisted of 25 students, similar to class sizes today. Her coursework, however, would be considered core curriculum for today’s students.

It wasn’t until the mid-60s that the number of colleges and courses offered began to grow, which meant students like Jan Largent, who attended Ball State in the late 50s had to major in education while studying her real passion, accounting.

The campus Yates was familiar with had changed by the time Largent began her studies, however.

The Largent family is comprised of three generations of Ball State graduates. Jan, the matriarch, graduated in 1959. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN Students had more places to live, including a building that previously functioned as a military barrack.

While Largent’s degree is in teaching, she focused on accounting and business administration.

Because her classes were combined with a teaching major, Largent taught a shorthand class at Muncie Community Schools.

Largent was the only female in the accounting program at the time. Before she graduated, Largent again found herself among another minority on campus: pregnant students.

“I was single one year, I was married the second year, by the beginning of the third year [my son] was born,” Largent said. “That’s a whole different ball game, trying to stay awake and study and have

part-time jobs.”

When Largent went into labor, her husband Charlie was in a summer class at Ball State. He intended to go to the hospital during the mid-class break, but instead, the professor taught straight through. By the time he reached the hospital, their son David had been born.

David, who is a 2010 master’s graduate, now teaches computer science at the university. His wife, Lois, who is an administrative coordinator for the department of finance and insurance, is a 1981 master’s graduate.

Before David and Lois attended Ball State, however, Jan returned to school to finish her degree, using non-electric typewriters and a Marchant calculator.

However, her studies weren’t the only time she lacked the luxury of electronics. During her time as an assistant in the Administrative Building, she didn’t have a computer, forcing her to hand-file student information on carbon paper.

“We had these little slips of paper, and it would have the student’s name and the classes they’re taking,” Largent said. “That’s how we kept track of students and their classes; we filed them all alphabetically.

There was no computers at all at that point.”

It wasn’t long, however, until students, including David and Lois, were able to utilize technology during their studies.

Lois studied computer science as an undergraduate at Manchester University and later attended Ball State for a master’s in education

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psychology. David, however, worked a fulltime job until 2008 when he decided to pursue a master’s in computer science.

“Obviously I’d been out of school for a long time, so I wondered what it was going to be like as a 50-year-old going into class with 20-somethings,” David said. “But, I discovered that learning is sort of like riding a bike, you pick it back up really quickly and at the time I was surprised, but I was very well recepted by the 20-somethings.”

The married couple attempted to reside in Scheidler Apartments when Lois was gaining her masters in 1980. However, the apartments, which were only for married couples at the time, were completely full.

After graduating, David was immediately hired as a professor at the university after graduating, and has now worked at Ball State for nearly nine years. Teaching at the university has allowed him to watch it transition in a number of ways, but one of the biggest changes he saw was the addition of immersive learning.

This addition took David and his students to England, Ireland and Scotland as part of an immersive learning course. Most recently, he taught a course that was immersed with middle school students at Muncie Community Schools.

“There are just a number of opportunities now that I, or other students wouldn’t have had 10 or 20 years ago,” David said.

David and Lois’ son, Jon, hoped to take this course with his father. However, due to university policy, Jon couldn’t.

Jon did, however, study in the same department his father teaches in upon pursuing his second

bachelor’s degree, this time in computer science at Ball State.

While attending Ball State, Jon juggled being a full-time student, working a full-time job and being a father to his son, Jacob. While some classes seemed easier, courses such as calculus proved a bit more difficult than what Jon remembered.

“Coming back at an older age for a second degree allowed me to break out of some of the bad habits I had the first time around,” Jon said. “I talk for a living, so taking COMM 210 was extremely simple, but there were calculus classes where I hadn’t taken math for a decade, and I was trying to remember somewhat complex algebra and I’m like, ‘I got nothing.’”

Despite the difference in class material, Jon earned his second degree, graduating in July. Between his two degrees, Jon said he has accumulated upwards of $50,000 in debt, something Jan said wouldn’t have happened in her time.

“I don’t think people ended up in great debt when you graduated,” Jan said. “But probably, if we hadn’t had the money, I would have stopped school, earned the money and come back. That was sort of the lines at the time.”

Even though each of the Largents experienced a different challenge at the university, they all said they enjoyed their time.

“Maybe one day Jacob will attend the university, who knows,” Lois said.

Contact Brooke Kemp with comments at bmkemp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ brookemkemp. Contact Brynn Mechem with comments at bamechem@bsu.edu or on Twitter @BrynnMechem.

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The Ball Brothers began producing Ball jars in Muncie in the late 1800s.

Newell Brands, the company that produces Ball jars now, decided to close its manufacturing plant starting summer 2019.

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Ball canning jars have been produced in Muncie since 1888 after the Ball brothers moved to Muncie because of its gas boom.

The first strike of gas was in Eaton — a town 12 miles north of Muncie in September 1886, according to the book “The Ball State Story from Normal Institute to University” by Glenn White. By 1888, there were 35 gas wells in Delaware County.

Hearing this, the Ball brothers, who previously made tin cans for paint, varnish and oil in Buffalo, New York, decided to try their hand at glass production in order to pay a $200 loan they borrowed from their Uncle George.

Frank Ball toured parts of Indiana and Ohio to search for a place to start a business and after visiting Muncie, then dubbed “The Magic City,” he was unimpressed. However, Muncie residents offered the Balls free land and gas if they moved to Muncie and built a factory.

The factory started at seven acres and 100 employees and quickly grew to 70 acres and thousands of employees. Even after gas gave out in the area, the brothers continued to thrive, becoming millionaires.

The Ball Corporations headquarters remained in Muncie until 1962 when it moved to Colorado. In 2014, a Ball facility in Daleville was outsourced to a facility in Fishers.

Now, the parts manufactured during the assembly of mason jars in Muncie will be outsourced to a facility in Columbus, Ohio, while packaging and distribution will be done at a facility in Fishers.

The Muncie plant currently employs around 100 people and is expected to close in the summer of 2019.

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Life lessons from Hogwarts brought to Ball State Brynn Mechem Summer Editor On her 11th birthday Emma Mentley was given the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

Since she was the same age as Harry Potter in the book, she instantly connected, growing up alongside him as she devoured book after book.

Now, the assistant director of student life is taking her love for the series and turning it into a class that allows students to explore both the wizarding world and their leadership skills.

The course, which is offered as either an elective or part of the leadership studies minor, will allow students to use the context of Harry Potter to learn more about leadership and themselves.

“There’s so many life lessons to be learned from these stories,” Mentley said. “There’s different

characters for everyone to connect with and it’s one of those stories that means different things every time you read it.”

Mentley, who normally advises student organizations, is not receiving any pay to teach the one credit course. She intends to focus the course on what there is to be learned from the four houses.

“One reason it works so well — Harry Potter and leadership — is that many leadership models are quadrant-based and there are four houses so they just really line up,” she said. “There will be a lot of focus on the four core values of each of the houses, which is bravery, intellect, loyalty and order.”

While a strong knowledge of the wizarding world will be helpful, Mentley said members of the class do not have to read the series before starting. Instead, the class will study examples given in the book “Life Lessons Harry Potter Taught Me,” by Jill Kolongowski,

who Mentley attended middle school with.

“There are enough examples in this text that you can just read what the author writes and be able to talk about that, understand it and reflect on that,” she said. “So you really actually don’t need to have read the books. However, it won’t be difficult to watch the movies and have a much better understanding of the series.”

Mentley said she has reread the series at least 10 times herself and learns something new and identifies with a different character each time.

“As an 11-year-old, I was very Hermione myself so I connected with her. But reading it now, I understand Molly Weasley in ways that I didn’t when I was younger,” she said. “So, that’s what stories and pop culture have so much power in is that they can help you grow up and they can help you understand your own reality.”

After a slow start to registration, Mentley sent out an email to tell people about the course. Within a few hours, the class of 25 seats was full with a waiting list that was just as long.

Mentley said she is looking forward to sharing her love for the series with the students and help them find the lessons within the story.

“It’s learning your own morality. The book has an overarching theme of good versus evil and life is a lot more than good versus evil,” she said. “You’re learning about what you think is right, and I think that’s a lot of what is coming out of Harry’s stories and what comes out of our own. I think we’re all searching for what we think is right.”

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Ball State no longer requiring ACT, SAT scores for applications Brooke Kemp Managing Editor Ball State is changing its application criteria for those applying for the fall 2019 semester.

Submitting SAT or ACT scores will now be an optional part of the application process for prospective students.

“It is a very complex question that we were asking ourselves, and a lot of thought and a lot of research went in to that because we want to make sure that we have students here who will graduate,” said Kay Bales, vice president for student affairs and enrollment services and dean of students. “We recruit graduates, that’s what we’re looking for.

We’re not recruiting freshmen, we’re recruiting graduates.”

Now, Bales said the university will focus more on an applicant’s high school grade point average (GPA), academic involvement outside of the

We’re looking at the performance of students over a five year period, and what we found is you can absolutely draw a grid of students who are retained and graduated based on grade point average.”

- KAY BALES, Vice president for student affairs classroom, extracurriculars and how rigorous their high school curriculum was.

This decision comes after about a year and a half of research and work on the university’s enrollment plan. Bales said the data found shows the “best predictor for success of our students is looking at high school grade point average, as well as looking at the curriculum students followed in high school.”

Bales said test scores are an indicator that “demonstrates a student’s ability on a given day,” and looking beyond them will allow the university to look more “holistically” at a student’s overall academic performance.

“We’re looking at the performance of students over a five year period, and what we found is you can absolutely draw a grid of students who are retained and graduated based on grade point average,” Bales said. “If you looked at and tried to plot out the same for test score, you can’t. There’s no predictability to it.”

Bales also said this new approach will aid students impacted by the “inherent bias in standardized testing,” and hopes to see an increase

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in applications because of the change.

“We know from looking at the research that’s been conducted with other institutions across the country that have done this, that they had seen an increase in the number of applications to the university,” Bales said. “They have also seen an increase in the diversity of their student population and they also saw the quality of the academic profile of their class going up either slightly or remaining the same.”

Ball State is the first public four-year college in Indiana to become test-optional, and while Mitch Warren, director of admissions at Purdue University in West Lafayette, said there have been discussions about moving to test-optional at Purdue, the university has decided against the change.

“We like either the SAT or the ACT because each are nationally standardized so it gives us just one additional glimpse into the student’s academic profile,” Warren said. “The SAT or ACT are not stand-alone criteria as we review a student’s admissibility, but instead, we review the grade point average, the course rigor along with the standardized test.”

However, Bales said this change will only enhance Ball State and she is “proud” to lead the state in transforming the way colleges look at applicants.

Contact Brooke Kemp with comments at bmkemp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @brookemkemp.

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Courtney Jarrett steps in as director of disability services After a decade as associate director, Jarrett lands role as director Nate Fields Reporter Ball State has a new director of disability services.

Courtney Jarrett, who filled the role of associate director for 10 years prior, recently took over for former director Larry Markle who held the position for 13 years.

With the new position comes a new set of challenges for Jarrett, and one of the biggest is keeping up with an ever-changing student body. While Jarrett said Ball State is known as a very physically accessible campus for students with disabilities, one of the newer developments is the increasing number of students with psychological disabilities.

“The stigma is no longer there where people feel comfortable saying that they have a disability that’s maybe anxiety or depression or something like that, and so they realize that they can come over and use services,” Jarrett said. “While we’re known for being physically accessible, 90 percent of the students I work with have some sort of disability that’s non-apparent.”

With the many challenges that come with Jarrett and her associate director taking on the responsibility of accommodating students all over Ball State’s 1,140 acres, Jarrett said keeping in touch with other organizations on campus such as dining and housing is of the utmost importance.

“We have to have friends in housing, we have to have friends in dining, we have to have friends in facilities so when a door opener is broken, I’m not out there tinkering with a screwdriver because I was a history major, that’s not my skill set.”

Bringing in a new era means changes and new philosophies will be implemented under Jarrett, as subtle as they may be. One change Jarrett wants to introduce is increased use of electronic documents, which she said will allow for quicker access to student files rather than having to track down physical paperwork.

As associate director, Jarrett was responsible for hiring people like notetakers and sign language interpreters to assist students with disabilities.

She’ll now transition into a more administrative role, working with grant funding, budgeting and writing reports.

Although Jarrett hasn’t hired a full-time associate director yet, she is finalizing the hiring of an interim associate director. Ashley Schneider, Jarrett’s most recent graduate assistant, will step into the role.

She was brought in because of her familiarity with everything the position entails.

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She learned all of this last year, and she is going to be perfect to step in and handle that information,” Jarrett said.

With the hire giving Jarrett the time to get familiar with her new position, she said she’ll use the spring to do an official search and find a permanent associate director.

While she just took the position less than a month ago, Jarrett is no stranger to Ball State. She earned three degrees from the university and has worked on campus for a decade.

With the start of the semester coming quickly, she is excited to see students return and get settled in.

“It’s so quiet in the summer. It’s real strange because there are people on campus, but it’s always like conferences and things, so I always love when people are moving in and just really excited to be here,” Jarrett said. “I love when people are excited to be at Ball State because I’m excited to be here.”

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Intern spotlights: Summer travels Bethanie Martin: Warsaw, Poland

Levi Sebree: New York City, New York

Andrew Harp Assistant News Editor

Adam Pannel Reporter

Editor’s note: Intern Spotlight is a Ball State Daily News series profiling Ball State students and their internships. If you have any suggestions as to who we should feature next, send an email to features@bsudailynews.com.

For Bethanie Martin, architecture and design is more than just buildings — it’s also about making a difference in people’s lives.

Martin, a 2016 Ball State alumna with a bachelor’s in architecture, was a part of the 2018 Humanity in Action Fellows.

Humanity in Action (HIA) is a non-profit, nonpartisan educational organization that connects students, professionals and leaders across the world to help promote human rights, diversity and active citizenship.

HIA has fellowships where students and recent graduates are selected from several countries to explore issues and histories in places of historic and educational significance.

After graduating from Ball State, Martin moved to Detroit to pursue a master’s degree in architecture and urban design at Florence Technological University.

During her time at Florence, Martin worked at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center, a nonprofit architecture firm in Detroit that engages neighborhood residents in the design of urban spaces.

One of her co-workers recommended she apply to the fellowship due to Martin’s interest in the intersection of social justice and architecture, and in December, Martin applied.

During the interview process, Martin said she wasn’t sure where she would stand against other fellows who may deal more with policy-making.

“Design still plays a huge role in issues of social justice,” Martin said. “It was really exciting to find out that I was being chosen for the fellowship and getting to participate in Warsaw.”

She said the first half of the fellowship in Warsaw was spent having conversations on different issues and discrimination occurring in Poland. Some issues relate to the Holocaust and how it still resonates today in Polish culture, Martin said.

The second half was more hands-on. The students worked with local government officials and non-governmental institutions. These groups presented issues to the students, so they can find practical solutions.

After the fellowship, all the students construct an action project — an open-ended project that presents what was learned in the context of interests and accomplishments of the project leader.

Olon Dotson, associate professor of architecture, said when most people are asked why they want to pursue a career in architecture it’s because they are interested in making a difference in their community.

Editor’s note: Intern Spotlight is a Ball State Daily News series profiling Ball State students and their internships. If you have any suggestions as to who we should feature next, send an email to features@bsudailynews.com.

Since she was a little girl, public relations major Levi Sebree seemed destined for the chic, highend lifestyle of the fashion world.

When she was about 5 years old, Levi’s mom, Michie Sebree, caught her cutting up her clothes and gluing the fabric together so she could make her own outfits.

“She always liked to pick out what she was wearing, and she always wanted to add bows to her hair,” Michie said. “She’s definitely been made to be in the fashion industry.”

After asking her mom to teach her how to sew at around the same age, it wasn’t long before the “Levi Sebree Handbag Collection” was born.

Her first one-shot exclusive item on display? A red, black-and-white polka dot purse made with a lot of love and a pair of cheap wax scissors.

The finished product “didn’t even look like a bag.” Its sides were frayed, the lines were crooked and the handbag’s seams were busted open.

However, Levi’s parents thought the bag was “amazing,” and have been supportive of her dreams even as they’ve led her all the way to New York City, where she now interns for fashion designer Zac Posen.

Posen is a well-known fashion icon, appearing on fashion shows such as “America’s Next Top Model and Project Runway.”

Levi is in charge of archiving past collections as well as tracking and managing the samples that come in and out of his office.

These samples are requested by stylists and magazines for wear during celebrity photoshoots and other high-profile events, so it’s Levi’s job to make sure the samples are delivered to and from the right people.

Levi “absolutely loves” her internship and the opportunity it presents for her to get hands-on experience within the fashion industry.

Working in the fashion industry has always been non-negotiable for Levi, who sees fashion as a creative outlet.

“Fashion is a way … that people can express themselves and have fun but with their own personal style, and it adds flavor to your life,” Levi said.

Self-described a “professional thrifter,” Levi enjoys shopping for deals at The Salvation Army and Goodwill and turning a variety of clothing items into her own brand of fashion.

While Levi has loved fashion since she was a little girl, the very root of her passion originates from her mom, Michie, who was a model when she was her daughter’s age.

Michie worked primarily in the Midwest in

Ball State alumna Bethanie Martin traveled to Warsaw, Poland, with Humanity in Action, a global organization In June and July. BETHANIE MARTIN, PHOTO COURTESY “The majority of students see that our communities are challenged, and they would like to make a contribution to improving and confronting those challenges,” Dotson said.

Dotson played a large part in establishing a minor in social and environmental justice in the department of architecture.

Martin said her third year at Ball State with professors Dotson and Wesley Janz showed her the benefit of using design to help meet the needs of underserved people, as well as the role of design within politics and justice.

“Designers are often in environments designing hospitals and skyscrapers and houses and all these things, but we don’t often look beyond just those types of structures to how we occupy urban space, how we live our daily lives,” Martin said.

Martin was part of a team of 24 students from the United States, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine going to Warsaw, Poland.

“Being able to come together and be like, ‘We’re going to have this open conversation.

We’re going to make it possible to cross political boundaries, to cross national boundaries to see how we can make for more positive places for people to live,’ I think is kind of the big overarching goal of the program and what becomes the most exciting,” Martin said.

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cities such as Cincinnati and Chicago, but was discouraged from pursuing her dreams in Los Angeles or New York out of fear of living in a bigger city.

“I had the opportunities back when I was her age, and I was too fearful, and I didn’t have the support to pursue them, and I’ve always kind of regretted that,” Michie said.

Levi had the same reservations about moving into a big city when she landed her previous internship in New York City for prom dress retailer giant PromGirl.

However, her mom insisted that she pursue her dreams on the East Coast, and to not “live her life in fear.”

“I pretty much said, ‘You can’t pass it up,’” Michie said.

After her internship at Zac Posen’s office, Levi hopes to one day work in-house public relations for a fashion designer or editorial.

However, Levi didn’t rule out the possibility that people might have the opportunity to purchase their very own Levi Sebree-branded handbags in the future.

“I could start out being someone’s personal assistant, and the next thing I know I’m their personal stylist, and the next thing I know I have my own fashion collection,” Levi said. “You never know where your career is going to take you.”

Contact Adam Pannel with comments at arpannel@bsu.edu.

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Growing up in St. Louis, cheering on the Cardinals is nothing new for Beth Goetz, Ball State’s new athletic director.

“I grew up in a baseball town,” Goetz said. “I always tell everybody I do not have one single childhood memory without the sound of Jack Buck on the radio in the background calling a game.”

As soon as she was old enough, Goetz tried every organized sport she could — volleyball, softball, basketball — before figuring out soccer was the right fit for her.

“At some point, it just kind of chose me,” she said. “You figure out you’re a little more talented in one sport more than another. I was probably a junior in high school when that started to become a little clearer.”

It was then that Goetz began to realize she could use sport as a way to continue her education at a collegiate level, eventually securing a scholarship at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. There, she studied to be a therapist and played stopper on the soccer team.

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Lewis became the first Ball State high jumper to reach the NCAA championships since 1984.

Golfer hopes to bring experience from U.S. Open to Ball State

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Wiseman became the first Ball State golfer to compete in an Open while still in college.

Regan Lewis breaks 34year high jump drought Ball State track and field had not had an athlete qualify for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships since Amanda Barnhart did so in 2008. That was until Regan Lewis came along.

The Greenfield, Indiana, native cleared 1.8 meters on her second attempt at the NCAA East Preliminary Round to post her season-best mark and become just the second Ball State high jumper to compete for a national championship and the first since Bonita Harrington did it twice in 1983 and 1984.

“It’s really exciting,” Lewis said. “Last year it was cool to be there for the first time and everything, but it was kind of disappointing because I didn’t make it out and I was supposed to on paper. But I think this year is a lot more exciting, obviously, since it’s nationals.”

Not qualifying for a shot at the national title a season ago wasn’t all for nothing, though. She said it gave her a lot more familiarity with the event and let her know what to expect next time around, while providing a learning experience at the same time.

For head coach Brian Etelman, Lewis’ qualification for nationals not only shows that great athletes can come to mid-major programs like Ball State and compete for national

I was pretty good at it, so I thought maybe I could do it. And then my freshman year [of high school] I was ranked to win state ... but I felt like I could do it in college.”

- REGAN LEWIS, Ball State track and field high jumper championships, but it also signifies a long-awaited return to prominence for the program and shows the mettle and resilience Lewis possesses.

“It’s been fun, man,” Etelman said. “I mean, there have been days where I’m just like, ‘God, what the hell, this is going to take forever,’ you know, and I think there are probably some days where the athletes have felt that way.

“But I think just getting people to understand that ... you can be really good at Ball State, you just have to have the appropriate mental approach, and that’s kind of what separates [Lewis] from everybody else in my opinion.”

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Then-sophomore Regan Lewis waits to high jump during the ball State Challenge, April 15 at Briner Sports Complex.

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As a track and field athlete, Lewis had to prepare for a year-long grind, and the ability to make it through that process can be its own hurdle to clear.

Etelman said the team begins its training in late August, and Lewis’ last competition was scheduled for June 9, which capped a 10-month season.

“Track is a sport that gets hard at certain points because it is such a long season,” Lewis said.

“Other sports may be like a couple of months, and I’m kind of jealous of them sometimes. And in August ‘til December you don’t have any meets, so you’re just training.”

Along with dealing with the long season, Lewis is in nursing school and had to miss a lot of practice toward the beginning of the season.

She said the hardest part can come from the first couple of weeks of school when she is trying to figure out how to balance her schedule and find the best approach to time management.

Long before she qualified for a chance to become a national champion, Lewis knew she wanted to compete at the Division I level as a track and field athlete. She aspired to reach her current level as far back as middle school.

“After my eighth-grade year, I had jumped 5’6”, I mean it wasn’t bad for middle school,” Lewis said. “I was pretty good at it, so I thought maybe I could do it. And then my freshman year [of high school] I was ranked to win state ... but I felt like I could do it in college.”

At the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Lewis battled cold, rainy, inclement weather to tie for 10th at nationals. Lewis successfully cleared 1.78m to earn Second-Team All-America Honors. Lewis’ performance made her the first Second-Team AllAmerican in program history.

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Timothy Wiseman began golfing when he was three, with a plastic club that is. He would often ride alongside his two brothers in the back of a golf cart with his dad at the helm and his mom in the passenger seat.

As he got older, he began taking lessons and learning his way around Old Capital Golf Club, a course one mile from his house in Cordyon, Indiana.

He grew up watching players like Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson and his idol, Brandt Snedeker.

But in June, Wiseman got the chance to play the green at Shinnecock Hills alongside those pros in the U.S. Open.

“It was so much fun, just more than anything being at Shinnecock with all those accomplished players and great players,” Wiseman said. “It was exciting just being with the family and being able to compete with those great players.”

Wiseman, who was ranked the No. 724 best player in collegiate golf last year, began his journey to Shinnecock at the Muncie qualifier in May. On June 4 he secured his spot with a 2-under-par finish at the 36-hole regional qualifier in Springfield, Ohio.

With his ticket to Shinnecock punched, Wiseman became the 18th Cardinal since 1970 to compete in a U.S. Open. But he was the first do so while still in college, a fact Wiseman said he wasn’t aware of until after he finished play.

“It’s just crazy,” he said. “I’ve played with a lot of really great players, even in my time, and I’m also very aware that there’s a lot of really great players that have been there before me. So to be able to accomplish something like that and be the only one that’s done it while still in school, it’s incredible.”

Ball State’s third-highest ranked player finished the first round +13 and the second +5, finishing the tournament at +18, tying for 148th. Some others who didn’t make the cut? Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day. And while the 21-year-old didn’t finish in the top 100 in his first U.S. Open, he said the support he received from the 18-member party he brought along — comprised of family, a friend who drove overnight from Indiana and a coach who flew from Scotland — was invaluable.

“It really does mean the world to me,” Wiseman said. “The support has just been crazy, it seems like everywhere I go people are like, ‘Hey, congrats on the summer. You’ve been doing really well. We’re proud of you.’ Just hearing those things have by far been my favorite part of all of it.”

Timothy Wiseman played alongside professional golfers at Shinnecock Hills during the U.S. Open. TIMOTHY WISEMAN, PHOTO PROVIDED

As his parents watched, Wiseman was joined by his older brother turned caddy, Tommy, on the green. And while it was the duo’s first time working in a major tournament, Wiseman’s dad, Michael, said they took their job seriously.

“The best part for me, I’m trying not to cry saying this, is seeing two of your sons walk down the fairway in a major championship, it was just emotional,” Michael said. “The first tee shot that he hit in the open, I was watching from behind and my wife was down the fairway, but I remember screaming to her and giving her a nice embrace because of how proud of him we were.”

While Wiseman said he wasn’t necessarily happy with his scores, he gained invaluable experience. As the lone returning senior on Ball State’s team, Wiseman said he hopes to make an impact on the team that finished the 2018 season second in the Mid-American Conference.

“From a performance standpoint, we want to compete and we want to win,” Wiseman said. “We want to make it to the NCAA finals, and that’s what we’re working for, and we’re not going to set our eyes any shorter than that. We want to win tournaments, we want to win conference, we want to go compete for a national title.”

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Dr. Don Shondell Practice Center opens The center was named after the winningest coach in Ball State history.

Nate Fields Reporter The only building in the country on a college campus to get its name from a volleyball coach now resides at Ball State.

In July, hundreds of supporters, donors and former players gathered at the Dr. Don Shondell Practice Center, which is attached to the north end of Worthen Arena, for the dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting, signifying the building’s opening.

“The improvements that were done this summer by adding a new practice facility ... are going to be really significant for our programs,” men’s volleyball head coach Joel Walton said. “When we bring recruits on campus, we’ll be able to sit with them and their families, look out over the new practice gym, we’ll be able to show them the team room, and it just presents itself as a very professional way for us to train our athletes.”

The 19,000-square-foot practice center holds two NCAA-compliant basketball and volleyball courts that will be used by the men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball programs. The facility uses translucent fiberglass materials to let in natural sunlight without causing a glare that glass would cause.

Additionally, the first floor provides a study room with 27 tiered seats for meetings and watching film, and a satellite training room. Two meeting rooms that overlook the courts are located on the second floor.

“I really think it’s a game-changer,” Ball State

Director of Athletics Beth Goetz said. “I think it demonstrates that volleyball and basketball are a priority for us and that we emphasize the necessity that [student-athletes] have a great training environment. “... It’s a beautiful space, and we’re fortunate to name it after the legend Dr. Don Shondell, and it’s going to mean a lot for those programs and for those coaches when they’re out on the road talking to prospects about what it means to play basketball and volleyball at Ball State.”

The $6.4 million facility was funded entirely by private gifts and donations, and it is named after Dr. Don Shondell, the founder of the men’s volleyball program and a Ball State alumnus.

“We’re really grateful for the generosity of so many that helped us make this a reality, and obviously the folks that spent time on campus putting this all together,” Goetz said. “These things are always a labor of love, but we’re fortunate to have such passionate fans and committed donors that wanted to provide this experience for our student-athletes.”

Shondell started the program as a club team in 1959 before it became a varsity sport. His success eventually led to him becoming one of the most recognizable names in the volleyball world. He was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1996 and is the only Cardinal to receive that honor.

“I know as an alumnus of the program, I feel a great sense of pride just having come from Ball State because when you put your name beside so many other players who have played at Ball State and coaches who have come from Ball State, it’s just a recognizable name,” Walton said. “It’s so wonderful for me, having played for Don, having worked for Don as an assistant coach, to see him get the recognition that he truly deserves.”

The Dr. Don Shondell Practice Center, which is attached to Worthen Arena,is 19,000-square-feet and features two NCAACompliant basketball and volley ball courts. NATE FIELDS, DN In his 34 seasons as the program’s coach, Shondell guided Ball State to 14 NCAA Tournament appearances and 20 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) regular season championships, amassing 769 wins to become the second-winningest coach in men’s volleyball history behind UCLA’s Al Scates. His win total is the highest in any sport by a Ball State coach.

Shondell also was co-founder of the MIVA, the conference’s first president and an eight-time MIVA Coach of the Year. He was inducted into

the Ball State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983 and received the Mikasa Sporting Goods Lifetime Achievement Award for Service in the Sport of Volleyball in 1988.

The second floor of the practice center displays plaques that recognize Dr. Shondell and the facility’s donors. The project was part of the $20 million Cardinal Commitment campaign.

Contact Nate Fields with comments at nefields@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @NateNada.

Muncie native Ben Botts returns home as men’s basketball assistant coach Nate Fields Reporter

Ball State Alumnus Ben Botts will return to Muncie as a men’s basketball assistant coach for the 2018-19 season.

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Ben Botts grew up attending countless Ball State basketball games as a season ticket holder, but the former Muncie Central star never had a chance to be a part of the team.

Until now.

After spending time with Fort Wayne as both a player and assistant coach, Botts has returned to his hometown to work as an assistant coach for the Cardinals.

“It’s really special to me, you know,” Botts said.

“It would’ve been a special opportunity had it not been in Muncie, too. Getting the chance to work for coach Whitford and where this program is going, averaging 20 wins over the last three years … being in Muncie makes it even sweeter.”

Ball State head coach James Whitford said hiring Botts would’ve been the easy move, but he didn’t

want to make the easy move.

“When I researched Ben, he really stood out as being very competent. He would’ve been the easy hire because he’s from (Muncie), he wanted to be here, but I was very careful not to try to hire the easy person. I wanted to hire the best person, and if Ben wasn’t the best person, I wouldn’t have hired him.

“He excelled everywhere he went, and that’s what stood out to me the most.”

Botts was a member of two Muncie Central teams that finished as Class 4A runner-up his sophomore and junior years in 2005 and 2006. He then went to Fort Wayne and played four years before working as a graduate assistant for Chris Mack at Xavier.

After that, he transitioned into a role as director of basketball operations at Princeton and an assistant coaching role at his alma mater in Fort Wayne before finally accepting the job at Ball State.

Botts said those experiences give him a

versatility that he can use to help the team.

“I think every experience that you get or that you’re fortunate enough to jump on shapes you in one way or the other, and maybe you don’t know when it’ll pop up,” he said. “But you could be like, ‘Man, I did that at Princeton … or we recruited a kid from that program last year when I was at Fort Wayne or I saw coach Mack do it like this at Xavier,’ and I think all those things just help shape your whole being.

“If you can be versatile and help in any way possible, you can bring value to Ball State, and that’s what I hope to do.”

Helping lead a team with eight state championships in its history to its most recent state finals appearances means you’re not likely to make it around town without being recognized, and that was the case for Botts when he made his return.

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Parker Swartz During golden summer Tayler Persons gears up for senior season spends late Persons dropped 20 pounds and earned a gold medal in Brazil with the USA Team during his final collegiate offseason Nate Fields Reporter Tayler Persons had a summer to remember.

The Ball State men’s basketball senior guard spent part of his offseason representing Team USA, along with Athletes in Action (AIA), as one of six countries to compete in the FISU America Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He earned a gold medal for his efforts in the July 20-29 competition when Team USA followed up its 79-65 semi final victory over Brazil with a win over Argentina, to clinch the gold medal.

From the second the medal was around his neck, Persons knew it was a moment he’d always cherish.

“It was awesome. It was a feeling that I don’t feel like I’ll ever be able to have again,” Persons said. “Just to be able to represent your country and win a medal, especially against different countries.

I shared a bond with the team I had there, and it was awesome to see everyone’s face celebrating.

“It was amazing. I’m just blessed by God to be able to have that opportunity.”

As a player who led the Cardinals in scoring last season with 15 points per game and connected

I really loved it. I felt more athletic; I felt quicker. Going by people I felt like was a lot easier, and just for the upcoming year I feel like it’s going to bring me in, in better shape.”

- TAYLER PERSONS, Ball State basketball on a trio of game-winning 3-pointers, Persons has never lacked confidence. But he said earning this medal and everything he was able to experience in Brazil will only boost that confidence as his final collegiate season draws nearer.

“It gives me a lot of confidence. It was an amazing trip, both on the court and off the court for me,” Persons said. “It just gave me a lot of peace.

“I’ve always been a confident player, but going into this season, I’m just ready to go back and get back with the guys again and enjoy the season and take it day by day and just try to get this championship that we’ve been trying to get for years now.”

The journey taught Persons a lot, and he said he’s looking forward to sharing what he learned in Brazil with the rest of the players on the team.

One thing Persons noticed while playing in a new country is the fundamentally sound style of play the other teams possessed, citing the USA team’s 92-79 victory over Chile as an example.

“They were really, really fundamentally sound; it was a little bit different,” Persons said. “That’s cool to see because it’s hard to play against.

They’re not going to beat themselves, and they’re going to cut the right way and make it hard for you. It was a nice challenge, and it was fun to play against.”

Ball State head coach James Whitford knows playing on a different team and learning a new role can help a player develop his game and help increase the sense of being a team player, and that’s one thing he thinks Persons got out of the trip to Brazil.

“I think playing on different teams like that is very good for you because you get another data point of the dynamics of team, another set of teammates. You get to see what worked well, what didn’t work well with that team, and I think those experiences to be able to compare and contrast help a lot,” Whitford said.

The other stark difference was the physicality of the game and the way it was officiated. With the language barrier that comes with playing in Brazil, a country whose primary language is Portuguese, communicating with referees was another obstacle.

Persons said the experience taught him to just play the game and not to try to talk to officials or get calls changed because it won’t work.

“The game was called a lot different. It was hard to get an explanation from the refs because obviously they don’t speak English, so it was kind of hard in that way,” Persons said. “It was more physical too, and I liked it. It was a good experience for me.”

Off the court, his trip as part of AIA allowed his team to visit a juvenile center in Brazil and meet with kids who have had troubled pasts. As part of that trip, Persons and the rest of the team spent several hours playing basketball with the kids and trying to teach them about faith, something he said he won’t soon forget.

“That experience changed me. Just to see how excited the kids were to see us. They looked at us like we were celebrities,” he said. “You get to spend time with people from a different culture … it was cool, man. It was life-changing for me and put a lot of things into perspective for me that I needed.

“The opportunity I got to get close with God, that’s one of the most important things to me.”

Winning medals and making a difference in kids’ lives isn’t the only thing Persons spent his offseason doing. He’s also lost about 20 pounds.

Persons knows the dropped weight could help his game immensely, and he noticed a difference

July making difference in Brazil

Then- Junior Guard Tayler Persons, surrounded by his opponents, makes an effort to get the ball out of the circle and into the basket during a game against Kent State Feb. 9 at John E. Worthen Arena. The team defeated Kent State 87 - 68. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN while playing in Brazil.

“I really loved it. I felt more athletic; I felt quicker. Going by people I felt like was a lot easier, and just for the upcoming year I feel like it’s going to bring me in, in better shape. I feel like it’s going to be a big step in my game in college that I haven’t had yet.”

For coaches, seeing a player take the time to improve and work the way Persons has done can make their job much easier. Whitford knows the work Persons put in during the offseason is a great sign for both himself and the team heading into the season.

“To have that kind of self-discipline and commitment goes a long way,” Whitford said. “It makes him be the best player he can be, and it gives him the chance to be a great leader because guys are going to respect people who put in the work. “... That is leadership. That’s inevitably going to put pressure on other people to do the same thing you’re doing.”

Ball State’s new assistant coach Ben Botts said Persons’ approach is one thing that has stuck out to him during his first couple months on the top.

“Tayler has been unbelievable,” Botts said.

“His body changed drastically in eight weeks.

Unbelievable change, and that takes dedication.

He’s always a high-motor guy … But I think he’s changed his diet and took a really mature and professional approach to his diet, which allowed him to change his body so quickly.

“Now you can show more, like, ‘Hey, I can lead by example,’ you know, ‘Look what I did in eight weeks. Hop on board.’”

Contact Nate Fields with comments at nefields@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @NateNada.

Then- sophomore middle attacker Parker Swartz serves the ball during a game against Fort Wayne in Worthen Arena.. KYLE CRAWFORD, DN

Swartz met new friends and gave a group of kids a memorable experience with AIA. Nate Fields Reporter Sports are a universal language, blending people from many different places, and Ball State senior Parker Swartz found that out during his trip to Brazil with the Athletes in Action.

Swartz competed in volleyball with the USA Team as part of the FISU America Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil. While off the court, he visited a juvenile center and an orphanage.

Though a language barrier existed for Swartz, who took French in high school but never Spanish or Portuguese, he was still able to bond with both the opposing players from various South American countries and the children his group visited.

“It was a life-changing experience to create that world community through sport,” Swartz said. “It has that special ability to bring people

29 together from all different walks in life. It was cool to generally get to know all these people and know their cultures, families, struggles.

“I think that’s kind of how we create the love and respect the world needs.”

Swartz was given a chance to put himself in the shoes of the people who live in the impoverished neighborhoods of Sao Paulo, and at the same time he and his group were able to put some of the kids in shoes of their own.

Part of the community service efforts included visiting an orphanage and giving the children tennis shoes — a first-time experience for some.

Parker said their reactions are something he won’t forget.

“Just to see their faces light up and having a collegiate athlete from the United States come and hang out with them and just talk to them and get to know them, you could see it just totally meant the world to them,” Swartz said.

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It was a lifechanging experience to create that world community through sport.”

- PARKER SWARTZ, Men’s volleyball

“That meant a lot to me that we were making a difference in their lives.”

On the court, Swartz and the rest of the USA Team didn’t fare too well, losing in three sets in each of the three matches against Brazil, Chile and Mexico. But that was a valuable experience for the outside attacker, who is inching closer to the beginning of his senior season. With Swartz being one of three seniors on the team, he’ll be looking to step into a leadership role this year, and the struggles on the court in Brazil taught him a valuable lesson about composure.

“It was a lot of focus and trying to stay composed on the court and be a leader, for me. I thought that was a good test and an opportunity for me to show encouragement with my teammates and just enjoy the experience,” Swartz said.

Ball State men’s volleyball head coach Joel Walton said every team needs a leader, and he hopes this opportunity will help Swartz take on that role by utilizing what he learned in Brazil this summer.

“Parker really finished strong last season, I thought he was playing as well as we’ve seen him play, so I’d like to see him come in and his level of play continue to be toward the top of his potential. If he is willing to take over the leadership of our team and be somebody we can look to for consistent performances on the court … that’s really a good thing.”

Contact Nate Fields with comments at nefields@bsu.edu or on Twitter @NateNada.

Then-sophomore Luddy Jack gets ready to swim the 200 yard backstroke during a meet against Tiffin Nov. 11 in Lewellen Aquatic Center. Luddy finished with a time of 2:04.53.

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Patrick Murphy Reporter The wait for a new women’s and men’s swimming and diving head coach is over.

On Aug. 7, Ball State Director of Athletics Beth Goetz announced alumnus Jeremy Agnew is the new head coach. Goetz said she’s confident in Agnew’s leadership and knowledge of the sport.

“I am confident that J.’s experience as a proven recruiter, his commitment to the overall development of student-athletes, and his passion for Ball State make him the perfect fit to lead our men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs,” Goetz said in an online statement. “We are excited to welcome J. and his family back to the Cardinal community.”

Agnew earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Ball State in 1996. In 2008 he earned a master’s in educational leadership and supervision.

Prior to accepting a role at the university, Agnew coached at Yorktown High School and Yorktown Swim Club for seven years. During his tenure, he coached eight state champions and 22 high school All-Americans.

Agnew produced seven swimmers who went on to compete for NCAA Division I schools in his final coaching season. After leading his team to a fourth-place finish, Agnew was named the

2004 Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Girls Swimming Coach of the Year. He then led his team to a second-place finish in the 2005-06 season.

After serving as Yorktown’s head coach, he was the assistant coach for men’s swim and dive at Purdue. Over his 11-year career at Purdue, he guided 12 swimmers to qualify for National Collegiate Athletics Association meet.

Purdue consistently had its highest performances at both Big Ten Championships and NCAA tournaments. During Agnew’s tenure, Purdue broke 37 school records.

While Agnew has had a successful career away from the university, he said Ball State always held a special place in his heart.

“I was fortunate early in my coaching career to have examples like Laura Seibold-Caudill and Bob Thomas show me what it means to love your team and truly care for your student-athletes in and out of the pool,” Agnew said in an online statement. “With respect to these coaches as well as the hard work of Kristy Patterson, I humbly accept the torch that has been passed to me and promise our Cardinals will ‘Fly High.’”

The season lineup for both women’s and men’s Jeremey Agnew was named the new men’s and women’s swim and dive has not yet been announced. swimming and diving coach Tuesday, Aug. 7. Agnew earned Contact Patrick Murphy with comments both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Ball State. at prmurphy2@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ BALL STATE ATHLETICS, PHOTO PROVIDED PMURPH505.

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Continued from Page 25 “I tell the teams all the time that they wouldn’t even know what it is because the lingo changes all the time,” Goetz said. “But really, it’s defensive center-mid.”

Goetz enjoyed her time on the team but never thought it would be a career path for her. However, when she decided to get her master’s degree in counseling, she secured a graduate assistant position with the team.

Before Ball State Working camps and clinics, Goetz served as an assistant coach for the Division II team before landing a role as the head coach.

“The head coach left and I just sort of fell into having an opportunity to be the head coach there,” Goetz said. “I don’t think I thought, ‘Hey, this is what I’m doing forever,’ because I was still working on my master’s degree, but I got in and I enjoyed it.”

Goetz earned her degree, but suddenly, counseling didn’t seem like the right career path for her.

“I loved coaching, being at a small school gives you an opportunity to learn all sides of the business.

You’re teaching a class, I was mowing the field and painting lines so my team could practice and compete on it.”

After a 12-year coaching stint at UMSL, Goetz gained an interest in the administrative side of sports, which led her to the associate athletic director position at Butler University.

After serving at Butler for five years, Goetz became the deputy athletics director at the University of Minnesota, eventually serving as the interim director of athletics. Her last role before coming to Ball State was as the chief operating officer at the University of Connecticut, a role she held for two years.

Goetz said her roles at each of the universities helped her prepare for her new one at Ball State.

“Each of them has contributed a great deal,” she said. “You don’t have to have been a coach to be in administration, but I really rely on that experience, and I think it allows me to connect differently with coaches because I’ve been in their shoes.

“You get such a wide array of experiences; you’re exposed to different leadership styles and different institutions and different situations, and you take all those experiences with you.”

Being a role model Goetz was hired in May after former athletic director Mark Sandy announced his retirement.

After a national search, President Geoffrey Mearns selected Goetz, noting her extensive leadership experience and passion for academic and competitive greatness.

“What I appreciate most about Beth is that she believes athletics is part of the overall educational experience for college students,” Mearns said when Goetz was hired. “She will instill a culture of excellence in Ball State athletics that will infuse pride and passion in our students, our alumni and our fans as we embark on our second century.”

Goetz is only the second female athletic director in

Ball State’s history. The first was Andrea Seger who served from 1995-2002. After serving as the women’s athletic director for 12 years, the school combined men’s and women’s athletic departments, and Seger got the job as director over both departments.

Goetz, who is the only other female athletic director in the Mid-American Conference beside Western Michigan’s Kathy Beauregard, said she recognizes how unique it is to be in her position.

“I always had awareness that there weren’t as many women engaged in sport,” Goetz said. “We all want to see ourselves in our role models and that’s why it’s so important in leadership that you have a great diversity of individuals from gender, from race, from background because you want to see yourself in the roles that you can become.”

Upon her hiring, Goetz announced she will donate 50 percent of her bonuses each year to different student athlete organizations after being inspired by Mearns and his wife Jennifer’s commitment to donate back to the institution.

“I think good leaders lead by example and I think his commitment to the institution was to say, ‘Hey, I’m committed and how can I really demonstrate my commitment,’” she said. “It was really as simple as looking and saying, ‘Look at the leader of our institution.’ He paved the way and demonstrated a way to do that.”

‘Poised to make strides’ Now, nearly two months into the job, Goetz said she has enjoyed the reception she’s received both on campus and off.

“Every place is only as special as people and that’s what you notice right out of the gate,” she said. “That stands out to you right away that everyone is invested in the success. For us, in the

Every place is only as special as people and that’s what you notice right out of the gate.”

- BETH GOETZ, Athletic director, Ball State University context of sport, you want to be part of a great team because you’re only going to be as good as those that you’re surrounded by.”

In her role, Goetz said she has three main goals: support the students academically, help them compete at the highest level they can for as long as they can and develop them as student leaders.

With the support of the head coaches, Goetz said she is ready to make her mark on the athletic program by building on its strong history.

“I think you can look back across our sports and see success in each of them at different moments of time,” she said. “We’ve had some great moments of success but we can make strides Beth Goetz was named the new athletic director May 21. She previously served as the chief operating officer at the University in that area. I think we’re poised to make strides in of Connecticut for three years. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN that area. That’s about getting the right leaders in the right places and building a culture of success that’s sustainable.”

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Ball State baseball has been represented in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft for the third straight year.

This time, it was right-handed pitcher Evan Marquardt who heard his name called.

The Cincinnati Reds selected the 6-foot-6, 259 pound redshirt junior in the 20th round with the 598th pick.

“We always knew Evan had a pro talent, and it’s really exciting for any kid to get drafted,” Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. “His stuff grades out, so it’s just one of those things where I think his best days are in front of him.”

The Midland, Michigan, native finished his 2018 campaign with a 6.51 earned run average (ERA) and a pair of saves.

While the ERA isn’t jaw-dropping, Marquardt has shown the ability to whip the ball past the batters he faces. In 47 innings pitched last season, Marquardt struck out 60 batters, which shows the potential.

With a fastball that was clocked in the low-tomid 90s — topping out at 94 mph — and a solid breaking ball, he possesses a number of tools scouts find promising.

“He had the makings of everything; it was just he never could put it all together, and that’s why they took him because there’s hope that at some point it just clicks and takes him over the top,” Maloney said. “There were probably three or four games where he was pretty special.”

He was named Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week back in May when he tallied a career high nine strikeouts in seven innings pitched in a 9-1 victory against Toledo.

Marquardt is the ninth Ball State player to be drafted in the last five years.

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Women’s Volleyball Ball State Women’s Volleyball will return to the court this season with wind in its sails following a mounting 2017 season. Last year, the Cardinals finished atop the MAC’s western conference standings.

Ball State will leave behind three seniors, Bailey Baumer, Jessica Lindsey and McCallen Kennedy, as they move forward into the 2018 season. This year’s squad will be led by returning senior Ellie Dunn, the 2017’s team leader in kills with 325. The Cardinals also will welcome back senior Emily Holland, who generated 290 points last season for Ball State.

The Cardinals are led by head coach Kelli Miller. Miller, who served as assistant to long-time Ball State coach Steve Shondell for six years, will return to the court for her third season at the helm.

Under Miller, the Cardinals have posted a 32-29 record.

To Miller, last season was a major building block in the progression and growth of her team.

“We definitely took a step in the right direction, but the message is we’re so hungry for more, but we understand that it’s a process and not something that you can decide you want to do overnight,” Miller said following Ball State’s defeat in the 2017 MAC quarterfinals.

Ball State will begin its season Aug. 24 against the University of South Alabama in the Dayton Invitational.

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Men’s Volleyball Ball State’s men’s volleyball program fell short of its goal to reach the NCAA Tournament again last season. This time, the team’s hopes were dashed by Loyola-Chicago in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament semifinals.

Coming off of three seasons in a row of 18 or more wins, the Cardinals will field a team of three seniors — Adam Wessel, Parker Swartz and David Siebum — in hopes to make their fourth year the one that ends with an NCAA Tournament.

This season’s returning Cardinals may find it difficult to replace last year’s graduating class. The former seniors supplied more than 600 points of Ball State’s season total of 1,771.

Ball State will be led by juniors Matt Szews and Jake Romano, last season’s runner-up in teampoints and team-leader in assists, respectively.

This year’s Cardinals will look to improve on the road, particularly. Last year’s squad posted a 6-9 record away, a line that falls in contrast with its dominance at home, winning 12 of 14.

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all State football is less than a month away from its Aug. 30 home opener against Central Connecticut State. After a disappointing 2-10 (0-8 MAC) 2017 season, the Cardinals are itching to get back on the field to show the rest of the Mid-American Conference last year was not true Ball State football.

“Ever since that night in the locker room at the end of the 2017 season, I circled this date on the calendar and couldn’t wait to get started,” said Ball State head coach Mike Neu. The Cardinals were picked last in the MAC West for a second consecutive season in the preseason polls. Neu said he’s proud of where his team is at but understands why the expectations are low.

“We addressed night number one that there’s nothing we can do about what happened a year ago,” Neu said. “They’re not just going to vote you based on what they think you can accomplish. It’s going to be based on what you accomplished the year before.”

A consistent starting quarterback was one thing the Cardinals lacked a year ago, as they were forced to use four different quarterbacks due to injuries.

Redshirt junior Riley Neal started the first three games of 2017 and led Ball State to a 2-1 record before going down for the year with a tibial plateau fracture. Neal threw 659 yards and six touchdowns in those three games. The Cardinals went on to drop their last nine games of the season using three other quarterbacks.

Neal is back after using a medical redshirt, and all signs are looking up for this season.

“Having him back is great for us,” said sophomore and 2017 Ball State leading receiver Justin Hall. “We missed him. Just to have him back healthy — I feel like we just got our swag back.”

Redshirt junior James Gilbert, Ball State’s starting running back, was also sidelined for the year after week three due to injury. However, sophomore Caleb Huntley and junior Malik Dunner stepped up, and the Cardinal offense still managed 158 yards per game on the ground.

Gilbert said he loved being an extra coach and watching the other running backs succeed.

“From the sideline view, I was their biggest fan,” Gilbert said. “Every time they made a good run or scored a touchdown, I was always cheering them on.”

Neu said Neal and Gilbert, among others, aren’t taking anything for granted and are more than ready to come back and lead the team, and Gilbert is all about it.

“We got the mentality where we want to put the team on our shoulders and lead us to victory,” Gilbert said. “I don’t care about any stats or

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The Cardinals take the field for their game against Central Michigan Oct. 21 at Scheumann Stadium. Ball State lost 56-9. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN FILE breaking any records. I just care about winning and doing whatever I can to help my team win a game.”

Ball State is looking to improve its play on the defensive side as well. The Cardinals allowed over 40 points per game last season and surrendered over 50 points five times.

“Last year was last year, and we’re trying to delete that from our memory because this is a completely different team,” said redshirt junior linebacker Jacob White. “At the same time, we do understand that last year was unacceptable and it’s not going to happen again. Our backs are against the wall and we’re going to come out swinging this year.”

Ball State switched to a 3-4 base defense this year. Neu said some of the team’s better athletes

are at linebacker and wants to use their versatility to allow them to operate in open space. However, Neu emphasized the switch isn’t going to be a quick fix.

“Just because we switched to a 3-4 doesn’t automatically mean it’s going to fix our problems,” Neu said. “We got to be better. Period.”

The Cardinals will want to be at their best come week two when they travel to South Bend to play Notre Dame for the first time in school history.

Neu said that game will be a big moment for not only the players, but himself as well. Neu grew up an Irish fan on the south side of Indianapolis and said he fought his siblings to get to the television first so he could watch all the games.

“To be able to go in there and have a chance to play in that environment is going to be cool for a lot of our guys,” Neu said. “We got everything to gain and nothing to lose.”

While Neu is excited to have Notre Dame on the schedule, he said the team is dialed in for week one.

As training camp winds down and the regular season approaches, the Cardinals are focusing on perfecting the little things to prepare for their home opener.

Ball State will begin the 2018 season at 7 p.m.

Aug. 30 against Central Connecticut State in Scheumann Stadium.

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Then-freshman guard Ishmael El-Amin, pushes past Bowling Green’s Rodrick Caldwell in the first half, Feb. 6 at John E. Worthen Arena. Ball State defeated Bowling Green with a last second three point shot by Tayler Persons, making the score, 59-56. GRACE HOLLARS, DN Between the classes and lectures, as students walk the streets of Ball State’s campus, oftentimes one can hear the stories of where students were when Ball State’s Men’s Basketball took down Notre Dame.

The Cardinals will return a strong starting lineup this winter with four of last year’s starters. Sean Sellers, former senior guard, graduated last year after supplying more than eight points a game.

Senior guard Tayler Persons will look to lead the Cardinals this season in points per game and overall points again. In 32 starts last year, Persons

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compiled 481 points with an average of nearly three points more than Ball State’s second-best scorer.

Ball State may look toward sophomore Ishmael El-Amin to round out the starting five.

As a freshman, El-Amin appeared in 31 games, averaging nearly five points per game.

The Ball State Cardinals will hit the court for the first time Nov. 15 in the Charleston Classic against Virginia Tech. The Cardinals will play its first game Jan. 9, 2019, in Worthen Arena.

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Then-senior Destiny Washington sweeps past Buffalo’s Cassie Ourselers. Ball State lost to Buffalo 80-84 during the Jan. 13 game in John E. Worthen Arena. REBECCA SLEZAK,DN In Ball State’s recent past of women’s basketball, success has become a consistent cornerstone of the Cardinal program. But through that success of regular-season winning streaks and conference bids, Ball State has consistently fallen short of its goal to reach the NCAA Tournament.

Last season was no exception. With a record of 25-7, Ball State managed to land third in the MidAmerican Conference. The Cardinals made an appearance in the WNIT, only to be defeated by Purdue.

Ball State will look to reach the peak of its goal this year, but the summit will be littered with obstacles. Last year’s Cardinals started five seniors led by Moriah Monaco. Those seniors combined for 1,916 of the team’s 2,573 total points.

Additionally, the team lost assist-leader Carmen Grande, who dished out 697 assists over three seasons with the Cardinals. Grande also led in minutes played per games last season.

The Cardinals will look toward a cast of four players that gained considerable time on the hardwood last season. Senior Nakeya Penny, junior Aliyah Walker and sophomores Oshlynn Brown and Maliah Howard-Bass all played in 29 or more games last season and accounted for 616 points.

Ball State will take the court Nov. 7 at Worthen Arena to host in-state rival Purdue University. Ball State Women’s Basketball will begin conference play Jan. 5, 2019.

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The men’s baseball team prepares for a three-game weekend at the Ball Baseball Diamond Feb. 27. The team will look to beat last season’s record of 32-26. REAGAN

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Ball State’s Baseball program completed last year on the edge of a MAC tournament championship appearance. With last season’s record of 32-26 (17-10 MAC), the Cardinals will look to go one step further with a squad of 11 seniors.

Junior Noah Powell will return with many eyes on him to lead the Cardinals this season. In the spring of 2018, Powell boasted the second best batting average (.319) for Ball State. Powell trailed behind only outfielder Jeff Riedel who graduated in the spring.

The Cardinals also will be without Colin Brockhouse in the coming season. Brockhouse led Ball State in homeruns (11) and slugging percentage (.522). Ball State may struggle to fill spots in the lineup, following a season where seniors compiled more than half of the Cardinals’ 44 home runs.

Senior John Baker led the Cardinals on the mound last season with an ERA of 3.68. Baker, who will most likely be a stronghold for Ball State’s defense in the coming spring, compiled more than 95 innings pitched in 15 games.

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Then-freshman softball player Kennedy Wynn rounds the base in the game against Southern Miss in the 31st Annual Louisiana Softball Classic at Lamson Park Feb. 10. The Cardinals will look to continue their upward momentum in the upcoming season. BUDDY DELAHOUSSAYE, PHOTO PROVIDED

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Last spring, the Ball State Cardinals put together one of the most winning seasons in program history, amassing a record of 37-19.

The Cardinals were propelled by a team comprised mostly of younger players, storming to the front lines of conference standings.

The offensive attack was powered by then-senior Maddy Labrador.

Labrador’s 12 homeruns, 109 runs batted in and .661 slugging percentage will be hard to replace for the 2019 season.

Junior outfielder Haley Dominique will return this season with the team’s performance on her shoulders. Dominique led the Cardinals last season in more than three statistical categories, including batting average and runs scored.

Janae Hogg, the returning junior, held down the middle of Ball State’s lineup last season, boasting a slugging percentage of .638.

The slugging infielder will look to lead her team in power just as last season when she swatted 14 homeruns, a team high.

Ball State will begin its fall season Sept. 9 at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.

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Then-junior midfielder Lauren Lerew kicks the ball upfield Sept. 15 against Western Illinois in Briner Sports Complex. The Cardinals will field 10 seniors in their upcoming season. HARRISON RAFT, DN

Soccer

Three seasons and three MAC West Division titles. Ball State soccer has held commanding control over its half of the MidAmerican Conference in recent history, and moving forward, the Cardinals look to continue their dominance.

Ball State’s 2017 campaign was led by then-senior goalkeeper Alyssa Heintschel. Record holder for most wins by a Ball State goalkeeper with 35, Heintschel will be a tough piece of the puzzle to replace moving into fall 2018.

This year’s Cardinals will field 10 seniors: Jordan Edouard, Alessandra Fistrovich, Lauren Lerew, Emily Scott, Taylor Pooley, Allison Abbe, Paula Guerrero, Amanda Shaw, Lauren Roll and Tristin Stuteville. Abbe and Roll led the offensive attack last season, both amassing 10 points throughout the year.

Stuteville will return this season as Ball State’s goalkeeper. She is coming off of 940 minutes of action in 11 games from last season.

Stuteville will enter the 2018 season looking to add to her career total of 50 saves.

“Come the fall, [the goal] will be just to kind of start back off where they had left off, which is try to win another regular-season championship, but really I’m hoping we can get to that tournament championship and get to the NCAA Tournament so these girls can get a taste of what that’s really like and the true competition of this sport at this level,” assistant coach Katy Dolesh said in a spring 2018 interview.

The Ball State Cardinals will kick off their season at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, in Fort Wayne.

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SWIMMING & DIVING, TENNIS

Swimming & Diving

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Ball State swimmers prepare to dive in during the 200 yard medley relay at the Red and White meet in the Lewellen Pool on Oct. 8, 2016. The teams will be under new leadership heading into the 2018-19 season. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN

Connor Andersen and Nemanja Guzina face off in a doubles match against the University of Toledo. The teams will look to earn a MAC title in their 2018-19 seasons. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN

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Men’s Tennis

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The team finished in sixth place at last year’s Mid-American Conference Championship, amassing a total of 190 points.

While the last-place finish may not have been what the Cardinals were hoping for, the athletes broke 34 season best times. The highlight of the tournament came when then-sophomore Logan Ackley broke the school record in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:49.30.

Throughout the 2017-18 season, men’s swimming and diving saw six players receive AllMAC academic honors.

The team will now look to seniors Cullen Tyler, Alec Tuthill, Zach Reichle, Alex Nickoli and Gabe Dean for its 2018-19 season.

The season lineup for both men’s and women’s swim and dive has yet to be released.

Ball State finished eighth at the Mid-American Conference Championships in February, accumulating a total of 185 points.

During the meet, then-sophomore Rachel Smallwood recorded a career-high 277.75 points in the three-meter dive. Then-sophomore Anne Vormohr saw a personal-best time of 56.63 to take 12th place in the 100-yard backstroke. Vormohr also swam a personal best in the 200-yard backstroke.

The Cardinals finished with 30 season-best times out of the 54 performances in the meet.

Vormohr and Smallwood, along with Rachel Bertram will be a vital part of the Cardinal lineup this season.

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In the history of the Mid-American Conference, no Ball State athletic team has had more success than Men’s Tennis. Over 35 years, the Cardinal netters have taken home 38 MAC championship titles (20 regular season, 18 tournament).

But as trophies gather dust, success waxes and wanes. The Cardinals have not been crowned either regular season or tournament champions since 2014.

While Ball State struggled to find consistent success in singles, then-junior Tom Carney and then-freshman Chris Adams marched on in doubles with a team-best record of 14-5. They will return to the court this fall.

Amid struggles on the road during the 2017 season (2-8 record), the Cardinals managed to post the second best home record (12-2) in the MAC. On Oct. 5, the Cardinals will travel to West Lafayette to compete in their first wave of action in the Purdue Invitational.

In the last three seasons, Ball State Women’s Tennis has taken home its only two MAC regular season titles in program history.

Following the past spring’s down season — a year that ended in a seventh place finish in the MAC standings — the Cardinals look to climb back to the top and reclaim their recent conference dominance.

Ball State will be led by four senior netters this fall: Audrey Berger, Isabelle Dohanics, Peyton Gollhofer and Sarah Swiderski. Gollhofer enters her final season as a Cardinal shouldering 56 wins in doubles.

This class of seniors, who make up half of the team, were freshmen in the spring of 2016 when the Cardinals stormed through the MAC, winning both the regular season and tournament titles.

Head coach Max Norris will take the helm for the sixth time this season as he looks to lead the Cardinals to their third regular season title during his tenure.

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GOLF, FIELD HOCKEY, TRACK & FIELD

Then-Junior Johnny Watts putts the ball during the Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational April 14 at the Deleware Country Club. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN FILE

Golf

Men’s Golf

With three top-five finishes and a second place showing at the MAC Championship in their rearview mirror, the Cardinals are looking to go one step further this season and claim their first conference title in more than 30 years.

Ball State will part ways with former senior Johnny Watts, who led the team in scoring average last season with a 73.71. Watts’s five top-10 finishes will be tough to cover as the Cardinals look to replace the four other players they lost to graduation.

The Cardinals will turn to senior Timothy Wiseman to find success down the stretch of the fareway. Wisman, who recently qualified for the U.S. Open, posted an average score of 74.71 last year.

Ball State Men’s Golf will travel to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to begin its 2018 campaign Sept. 16 in the Golfweek Conference Challenge.

Women’s Golf Following a 6th-place finish in 2018’s MAC Championship, Ball State’s Women’s Golf will look to build off the experience of a young core of sophomores in the coming 2018-19 campaign.

The Ball State Women’s Golf team graduated only one senior, Morgan Nadaline, last spring.

Emily Knouff leads the young core of players. In her freshman season, Knouff ranked second for the Cardinals with a 79 scoring average. She fell behind only junior Manon Tounalom, who finished in the top-10 at the Redbird Invitational, the Colonel Classic and Bowling Green’s Dolores Black Falcon Invitational.

Ball State will tee-off its 2018-19 season Sept. 9 in the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Illinois.

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Senior midfielder Tori Widrick pushes past Indiana during a game against Indiana University Sept. 17 at Briner Sports Complex JONATHAN MIKSANEK, DN FILE

Runner Hannah Cummings fights for the lead during the Butler Twilight meet at Northview Church Sept. 1, in Carmel. Cummings finished third in the 5K with a time of 18:29.7. KYLE CRAWFORD, DN

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Track & Field / Cross Country

At one point in history, Ball State’s Field Hockey team was one of the best in the nation. But unlike the storied 1990s, the past decade for the Cardinals has been unkind. Ball State will begin its 2018 campaign looking for its first winning season in more than 10 years.

Ball State only lost two seniors to graduation last spring.

However, those two seniors, Carley Shannon and Abbey Main, were focal points of the Cardinals’ offense. Main led the team with four goals while Shannon anchored Ball State with three goals and three assists, leading the team in points scored.

The Cardinals will enter the 2018 season coming off of a 5-12 record from the season before. Fans will look toward a still-young team led by 12 sophomores. Sophomores Sierra Jefferson and Abby Ferenczy combined for five of the team’s 21 goals last year, while sophomore Grace Chavez played all 17 games, compiling more than 1,000 minutes in front of the goal.

The Ball State Cardinals will take the field this Saturday in Bloomington to begin their 2018 season against the Hoosiers, looking to change the script of nearly two decades of a struggling program.

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There may be differences between the two sports, but Ball State’s athletes in Track and Field and Cross Country are one in the same.

Ranging in events from the 100 meter sprint to 10,000 meter longhaul, the Cardinals will look toward the new season for personal and team success.

Ball State will be led by seniors Peyton Stewart, Jazmin Smith and Regan Lewis this season. Stewart will return with eyes on her to repeat as the Mid-American Conference champion in the 100 meter.

Smith will enter her final season looking to best her personal record in hurdles. Last May, Smith completed the 100 meter hurdle with a time of 13.70.

Second-Team All-American Regan Lewis will be challenged with besting a personal rank that is hard to beat. Lewis nabbed the 10th spot in the 2018 NCAA Championship in the high-jump with a height of 1.82 meters.

Ball State will look to expand on these successes as it moves into the 2018-19 season.

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MCKINLEY AVENUE Brynn Mechem Summer Editor

Students and visitors to campus will now have to take a slightly different route as the northern entrance to McKinley Avenue has been modified.

Starting in May, a section of McKinley — from Petty and Neely Avenues to Bethel Avenues — was closed to the public in order for a traffic circle to be constructed.

The circle, which is now complete, will require motorists to slow down before continuing on the main drag of campus, said Jim Lowe, associate vice president for facilities planning and management.

“A circle is a little bit different from a roundabout in that the approaches are more of a 90 degree angle, slowing or almost stopping traffic,” Lowe said. “We want that because up in this area, we will have an abundance of students who will ebb and flow across.”

The circle, in theory, should slow drivers down to the campus speed limit of 20 mph, Lowe said.

The previous bus pullout and north bus shelter will be replaced with a new pullout just outside the traffic circle in a space that was previously part of the C1 commuter lot.

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Ball State construction updates: Campus receives facelift through small projects Brooke Kemp Managing Editor While it’s easy to tell when a road is closed or a building is being torn down, it may be hard to spot some of the smaller projects the university works on throughout the year.

Each year, funding is allocated to maintenance and repair based off the campus master plan and the general repair and rehabilitation plan.

“Every building has a spreadsheet that says, ‘Here’s what we need to do to keep it in good working shape,’ from windows to masonry to roofs to mechanical systems, electrical systems,” said Jim Lowe, associate vice president for facilities planning and management. “Not only do we do that for academic and administrative, we do it for all the sports facilities and residence halls.”

Because of these plans, smaller projects are common throughout the year and summer.

However, these projects sometimes mean altering the look of campus.

From adding a vestibule in Woodworth Complex, to remodeling the Atrium, here are some small projects that have been completed or are being wrapped up around campus:

The Atrium

will free up some space.”

The Atrium officially reopened Aug. 13.

The Architecture and Miller College of Business Building

making that investment now to allow, again, enhancements in teaching until which time we can go in and replace entire systems.”

Earl Yestingsmeier Golf Center

Speed Signs

Both the College of Architecture and Planning and the Miller College of Business buildings underwent construction projects that fall under the category of a “bridge” project.

When a building needs attention, but it’s not quite time for a remodel or new construction project, a “bridge” occurs. “[A bridge is] a project to get us from here to there, or get us over this period of time that it’s

So, we’re making that investment now to allow, again, enhancements in teaching until which time we can go in and replace entire systems.”

While the Earl Yestingsmeier Golf Center has been completed, work is still being done around it.

To improve the complex’s “curb appeal,” the university is currently landscaping around its grounds, Lowe said.

There are also many other locations throughout campus where the university is updating the landscaping.

“You may drive through campus and say, ‘Why are we digging that area of campus?’ but there’s always a plan,” Lowe said. “Number one, make it look better, number two make it more maintenance friendly, environmentally friendly.”

going to take to find the right time to request and obtain funding to go in and do a larger scale project,” Lowe said.

In the College of Architecture and Planning, Lowe said the university updated studios to “enhance the teaching opportunity,” and in the Miller College of Business, classrooms are being updated in several ways.

“The lighting was substandard, the ceilings, the finishes — it just wasn’t conductive to a good teaching environment,” Lowe said. “So, we’re

To avoid an increase in tickets after legally changing the speed limit on certain roads around campus to 20 mph, the university purchased four solar-powered speed signs.

“Their purpose is to slow you down, not to give you a ticket,” Lowe said. “When you see it and it flashes and it says, ‘Slow down,’ or it says 20 mph above it and you’re doing 35, what do you normally do? You slow down.”

After lowering the speed limit — which Lowe said helps expand a drivers “cone of vision,” allowing them see more pedestrians around them, and reduces the chance of being injured if hit by a vehicle — he has received “comments that would suggest it’s too slow.”

“If you measure the distance between the south part of campus to Bethel, it’s one mile. In one mile, traveling at 30 mph versus 20 mph — so 30 versus 20 — it only takes 60 more seconds to get through campus,” Lowe said.

Now, the university will monitor roads on campus to determine what areas drivers typically speed on and move the signs around campus as needed rather than purchasing more.

Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center

- JIM LOWE, Associate vice president for facilities and planing

Throughout this summer, the Atrium has been covered up and closed as workers were updating beverage areas, removing the “copper/brass finish” and removing the “half wall at the entrance to the servery,” said Karen Adkins, director of dining services and dining initiatives, in an email.

“We wanted to do a refresh and make more room for our customers,” Adkins said. “As most know, it was crowded and we hope the work we are doing

turf was in need of updating and was replaced this summer.

There were also workers throughout the building replacing fluorescent lights with LED lights to “reduce our electrical use and reduce our carbon footprint,” Lowe said.

Woodworth Complex Vestibule

In 2010, the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center was opened, and since then, it has seen numerous students and activities.

Because of its regular use, Lowe said the indoor

The university updated the entrance to Woodworth Complex facing Emens Auditorium by adding a vestibule with a revolving door.

“The doors ended up at Woodworth just being open all the time and then you had this rush of cold air and you couldn’t do anything about it,” Lowe said. “The reason [revolving doors are] installed is because it creates a barrier so that cold air doesn’t rush in.”

In fact, throughout campus, many residence halls have been designed to have vestibules or revolving doors.

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What’s happening around campus? halls — they being the Allen Hargrave and George Edwards — have supported, as a standard, the door style because of energy savings and the fact that there are so many students coming and going,” Lowe said.

Update on current and future construction projects at Ball State

Parking Meters Parking services has updated the parking meters in lots next to Lucina Hall, the Applied Technology Building and Art and Journalism Building.

While there were previously multiple parking meters that were paid for with change, there are now signs indicating spot numbers and a central pay station, similar to the system in parking garages on campus.

“The pay stations give us the ability to better track revenue in these locations, as well as gather better analytics to determine how often the lots are being used,” said Nick Capozzoli, parking services manager.

The new pay stations are now “fully operational” and are to be used Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Capozzoli said enforcement hours also are listed on both the pay station and the lot signs.

While the university is not currently planning on replacing any more meters with pay stations, the meters that were removed will be “stored and used to repair or replace the remaining meters,” Capozzoli said.

Contact Brooke Kemp with comments at bmekmp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @brookemkemp.

Andrew Smith Reporter Throughout the summer, Ball State initiated a variety of projects to prepare campus for the upcoming semester.

While some projects are ready for use when classes resume, others are part of long term plans. The Daily News sat down with Jim Lowe, associate vice president for facilities planning and management, to get an update on current and future construction projects.

Health Professions Building Construction is expected to finish summer 2019 to allow an adjustment period before the fall semester begins.

“We do what we call commissioning, so as we move folks in, we train, we turn systems on, make sure systems are operating,” Lowe said. “You have to, in advance to the fall semester, you have to take three months or so just to make sure the systems are operating properly, faculty know how to operate the new equipment and so forth.”

Lowe also said the university is on schedule to start moving faculty into the building around June of 2019.

New York Avenue Parking Garage After the $12.6 million parking garage was approved by the Board of Trustees in March, Lowe said construction is expected to begin in August.

“When you look at the reposition of Emen’s parking being replaced by New York Avenue Parking Garage, it’s in that same geographical location,” Lowe said. “In many ways, I find its access to be better because it’s off New York versus weaving through campus.”

Lowe said the new garage will be easier for people to use, have a few more spaces, bike parking stalls, a greenwall to grow vegetation and a walkway to the center of campus.

Once the New York Avenue Parking Garage is completed, the Emen’s Parking Garage will turn into a green space, but Lowe said the exact purpose of the green space is still being determined.

Flooding Buildings that sit in a low area or have a ramp leading to the lower levels have been an issue during times of heavy rainfall.

Lowe said facilities has added more drainage pumps and safety devices to a few buildings and various parts of campus that are in low areas.

“Most of those locations we have incorporated something that has improved our ability to keep the rain water out,” Lowe said.

Five years from now By 2023, Lowe hopes to finish the East Quad, Foundational Science Building, New York Avenue Parking Garage, Multicultural Center, portions of the East Mall, north residential halls, a new dining facility and McKinley Avenue will be realigned.

Lowe said attention will then be focused toward Cooper Physical and Life Science Building, and determining what to do with properties purchased

by Ball State, like Northside Middle School.

Contact Andrew Smith with comments at ajsmith15@bsu.edu or on Twitter @AndrewSmithNews.

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Immersive learning course shares Muncie memoirs through book The book contains 75 stories from different Muncie residents

Brynn Mechem Summer Editor

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Ghost stories, hard times, love and the tale of the purple hippo are all narratives that can be found in a student-created book that asks locals how they #KeepMuncieWeird.

The 180-page book, titled “#KeepMuncieWeird … and Whimisical!,” contains 75 different stories based on different Muncie residents’ memories.

The book was written by 12 students in the English department’s immersive learning class “Creative Writing in the Community.” Darolyn “Lyn” Jones, the professor in charge of the class, tasked her students to find members of the Muncie community, write their memoirs and publish them within a single book.

“I told them it couldn’t be anybody on campus,” Jones said. “I told them, ‘You have to go way off campus. I want you to go to libraries, I want you to go to McDonald’s, I want you to go to bookstores, I want you to go to Walmart, I want you to ride the buses, I want you to go to community centers, I want you to go to nursing homes, I want you to get out.’”

The students were asked to write at least seven memoirs each on top of everyday coursework.

Once students found a subject willing to share their story, they interviewed them, wrote a first draft of the story and brought it back to the subject for approval, something senior creative writing major Vanessa Miracle-Haro said she was nervous about at first.

“I didn’t want to do that because I was like, ‘I’m trying my best and if they don’t like it, I don’t know what I’m going to do,’” Miracle-Haro said. “But after showing it to them and seeing their reactions, that they were really happy, it was amazing because it reminded me it was a collaboration, it’s not just about me.”

After getting approval from the community partner, each memoir went through several rounds of edits within the classroom, the best part for senior creative writing and rhetorical composition major Charlie Cain who acted as a teaching assistant for the course.

“Getting to work one-on-one with a lot of other writers was really fun for me,” Cain said. “In the writing department there’s a lot of work shopping but that always seems like it’s a one-off thing and that it’s over at the end of the class period. So my favorite thing was how that relationship didn’t end at the end of the classroom.”

Writing, editing, designing and publishing a book in a semester is no easy task, Jones said, but with the dedication of the students, she said the

class was able to pull it off.

“I had students who had classes over and done, some were even graduated, that still continued to work on it because that’s how much the project meant to them,” Jones said.

The final proof for the book, which features designs by Ball State students and photos from one of Jones’ students from her first year as a teacher, was complete July 1, a feat Jones said both she and her students were proud of.

“When you finish anything, before anybody else sees it, it sort of gets to be this private thing that all of the hopes that you want it to be are still sort of valid,” Cain said. “When you finish something, it can be really stressful because suddenly everybody else can have an opinion on it, but this project was something, where when we finished it, I was just really proud.”

The book is now fully complete and printed, though in a bit of a different way from past immersive learning products. In the past, all the immersive

When you finish something, it can be really stressful because suddenly everybody else can have an opinion on it, but this project was something, where when we finished it, I was just really proud.”

- CHARLIE CAIN, Course teaching assistant learning projects were printed, Jones said, but this year, she turned it into an independent press.

The book is now sold through 409 Press on Barnes and Noble and Amazon. This way, any funds earned from the $15 book can be put back into the course, which is also funded by an endowment from the Hiner family.

Jones said she is still hearing back from community members wanting to share their stories.

In the future, Jones hopes to make it a year-long project. For now though, she is happy with the message the book has sent.

“We’re not just this university that sits by itself.

We live and we reside in a town with people,” Jones said. “This project is critical, it says thank you for letting us be here. Thank you for supporting our university. We want to give something back. We want to honor who you are and your story. We value you.”

Contact Brynn Mechem with comments at bamechem@bsu.edu or on Twitter @BrynnMechem.

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Ball State faculty member wins big on ‘Jeopardy!’, completes dream

McFadden won three shows, earning $80,401.

Brynn Mechem Summer Editor

If “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek asked one contestant on a handful of summer episodes what university he worked for, his answer would have been, “What is Ball State.”

Scott McFadden, head of serials cataloging in Bracken Library, has been watching “Jeopardy!” since college. In 2005, he decided he would try to get on the show.

“It’s just about the only game show that I watch.

I’ve always enjoyed it,” McFadden said. “It’s a nice, fast-paced game that sort of rewards having a good breadth of knowledge.”

McFadden said working at the library helped him prepare a little, but his thirst for knowledge and knack for remembering odd facts were what really propelled him in the competition.

“Working in the library, I’ve come across a few odd facts here and there, but contrary to people’s beliefs, librarians don’t just spend time reading books here in the library,” McFadden said.

Despite taking the online quiz every year, McFadden was only called for an in-person audition three times. In the summer of 2017, he drove to Chicago, and the third audition proved to be the charm.

In February, McFadden flew to Los Angeles on his own dime to be a contestant on “America’s favorite question-and-answer game.”

Film day started at 7 a.m. when a studio van picked contestants up from their hotel and took them to Sony Studios in Culver City, California. After signing a few papers, getting hair and make-up done and playing a practice round, it was time to film.

A weeks-worth of episodes are filmed in one day, so McFadden knew he had won three episodes before returning home.

“It was a little nerve-wracking, but at least for me, you kind of get into a rhythm,” he said. “You know, people kind of talk about getting in the zone and you’re up there and you’re concentrating a lot and you’re following the game pretty fast so I didn’t get too nervous, or if I did, I was able to move past that.”

Winning big McFadden won his first game on the Wednesday, June 27, episode by a margin of $1. Afterward, he had about ten minutes to change his clothes and regroup for the second game, which he won, bringing his earnings to $59,602.

He again won the Friday game, eventually losing the Monday, July 2, game, but not before bringing his total earnings to $80,401. He answered 96

Scott McFadden may have the chance to compete in the show’s Tournament of Champions. SCOTT MCFADDEN, PHOTO PROVIDED questions total, missing only 12, according to The Jeopardy! Fan. And while he knew he had won in February, he won’t receive the money until at least four months after the episode’s air date, putting pay day in midOctober. McFadden said he plans to use the money to pay off bills, fix up his house and take a trip to England with his wife of four years, Donna.

“It’s hard to say where we’ll go because you know the whole country is just very attractive, but we’d love to see the scenic parts out in the country,” McFadden said. “We’re very fond of the British TV show ‘Midsomer Murders,’ which is filmed in the central counties, the rural area, and we’d like to see that area where the farmland and the countryside is, but I’d also like to see London and the historic sites there.”

Donna said she was excited at the prospect of visiting another continent, but she is looking

forward to seeing more than just the sites England has to offer.

“I just like watching him looking at everything, his little face lights up,” she said. “We went to Universal Studios and we saw the Harry Potter thing for the first time, I’m not really into Harry Potter but he is, and his little face just lit up when he saw everything.”

A returning champion?

Since returning to Muncie, McFadden said he has been recognized by numerous people.

“I do occasionally get stopped in the grocery store or something by people who recognized me and want to say congratulations so that’s nice,” he said. “I don’t know how long it will last, but it’s always very nice.”

That celebrity might be extended should McFadden be asked back for the show’s

Tournament of Champions. Contestants who win five shows are automatically asked back. After that, the remaining spots are filled by contestants with the most earnings.

Currently, McFadden sits in the middle of the list on the official Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions Tracker. If he doesn’t get asked to return, though, he said he was happy with the time he was already given.

“The best part was just the fact that I’ve been wanting to do this for quite some time and I finally made it,” he said. “The excitement of just being there and seeing the set in person and seeing Alex in person and getting to see the behind-the-scenes stuff, it was just finally achieving one of my bucket list things.”

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This summer Mckinley has undergone construction on the commuter lot. The lot is now open to the public and will be up and running when the semester begins. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN

MCKINLEY Continued from Page 37

“So we’re carving that out because the bus shelter and the northwest bus pullout will be moved into that area,” Lowe said. “What that does for us is it creates about 3 acres of land for us, which allows us to build what we’re calling Residence Hall Number One.” As part of the completion of the Campus Master Plan, two more residence halls — currently named Residence Hall Number One and Residence Hall

Number Two — will be built around the traffic circle in order to help replace bed spaces from the demolition of LaFollette Complex.

Lowe said the university plans to break ground on Residence Hall Number One and the dining facility that will replace the facilities in LaFollette Complex within the next few months.

“Breaking ground this year it will create another 550 bed spaces by 2020 when Residence Hall Number One is complete,” Lowe said. “We then plan to complete Residence Hall Number Two by 2021 and then demolish the rest of LaFollette.”

After the complete demolition of LaFollette, what is currently the R2 parking lot will be turned

“We have a plan to offset any small amount of parking that is lost here with this location.”

- JIM LOWE, Associate vice president facilities planning and management

into a green space for students who live in the northern residential area. Parking from this area and the space taken for the creation of the traffic circle will be absorbed into the parking lot by Carmichael Hall and Johnson Halls West.

“We have a plan to offset any small amount of parking that is lost here with this location,” Lowe said.

Additionally, Lowe said the university recently acquired additional spots near the baseball and softball complexes and Oakwood Middle School, which can help accommodate for the parking loss.

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Beneficence Records offers students opportunity to give back to the community, create album Brooke Kemp Managing Editor Indianapolis is “on the cusp of becoming a music city,” or at least, that’s what one Ball State instructor has experienced.

After working at Ball State and being involved with musicians in Indianapolis through organizations like the annual music festival Tonic Ball, Daniel Porter, instructor of music media production and industry, was inspired to find a way to connect the two.

Eventually, he developed the immersive learning project Beneficence Records, which gives students the opportunity to be part of all the steps involved with creating an album.

“Beneficence Records has two goals, first and foremost is to support a charity or a nonprofit social cause that needs support,” Porter said. “The secondary goal is to create that helpfully precarious learning environment where the students are doing all of the work but also feeling all of the real pressure.”

Beneficence Records is “uniquely charity driven” because it partners with Tonic Ball and Second Helpings. Each year, Tonic Ball holds a concert featuring different artists in order to raise money for Second Helpings, a charity that works toward preventing unnecessary food waste and uses leftover food to feed those in need.

Porter decided to use his connection with Tonic Ball to find artists to record the songs on the label’s first record, Records for a Reason Volume 1: Second Helpings. Ninety percent of the profit raised by the record sales will be donated to Second Helpings.

First, however, Porter had to complete the necessary steps toward funding and creating an immersive learning class.

Porter applied to become a Virginia Ball Center Fellow, and once approved, he was provided with funding and support to make Beneficence Records a reality.

The music department granted Porter a “mini sabbatical” so he could focus solely on Beneficence Records, and he then worked with the university to tailor the class to fit into each students’ four-year plan.

To give students the proper amount of time to

create the record label, the class counted as 12 to 15 credit hours instead of three.

When recruiting students, Porter first reached out to different departments throughout Ball State and conducted interviews based on departmental suggestions.

The 15 students who were selected to create Beneficence Records and its first album had many different tasks that required the application of skills they had learned throughout their majors.

For senior music media production major Abigael Black, working with Beneficence Records felt more like a job than a class.

Black said the students would meet several times a week to make sure their main goals for each week were clear, and then they would split up into different groups to tackle all of the different elements of the project.

The group had many different responsibilities, including reaching out to artists, scheduling recording times, creating music videos, filming a documentary, choosing what songs would be on the album and deciding the order of the songs.

While Black was mainly involved with working with artists and social media, she said she was able to step outside of her comfort zone and learn things she never pictured herself doing.

“I didn’t know how much more I would be doing on top of marketing and it was really cool, really interesting, because I’ve never had to work with anyone outside my major,” Black said. “When you get in your own major — and especially being a senior — you live in a bubble, like, all I know is the school of music, this is what I have to do. So, when [other students and artists] came into the studio and I just saw all of the different things that go into producing one thing, it was just eye-opening.”

Facing real-life deadlines and consequences was another one of the hurdles the students faced when working on the project.

“I learned just how stressful it can be trying to work with people in a real-life setting where real deadlines matter and the effects of unmet deadlines aren’t just a poor grade on your transcripts,” said Brandon Gick, senior telecommunications sales and promotions major.

Porter said the students had a large amount of

responsibility on their shoulders because each decision they made would reflect back on all of their partners, and they had to make sure they were properly representing all of those involved in the project.

During the semester, the class also visited Second Helpings to see the impact their work was going to make on the community.

“We went down and volunteered at the Hunger Relief kitchen and rescued some of the food, and once they really saw what was going on and saw how it was impacting the artists, and saw the quality of artists that we’re really working with too — you know the professional level of music thats coming out of Indianapolis — they were all in,” Porter said. “They started bringing new ideas and bringing more than I could have possibly come up with on my own to the table and just knocking it out of the park.”

While Beneficence Records has officially released its first album online, it is currently preselling vinyl copies of the album.

At the album release party, the group was able to make about $1,000 in record sales, and hopes to continue to raise money for Second Helpings throughout the summer and at the 2018 Tonic Ball.

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“Creating something like this is the first time I’ve really seen my students dig in deeply and, you know, even students that are graduated want to come back next year to the next Tonic Ball when we’re selling the records and recruiting the next artists,” Porter said. “[Students are] saying, ‘Yeah, I’m going to fly back from wherever I’m at and I want to see this keep going.’”

Because of what he was able to learn from Beneficence Records, Maxwell Denari, a junior magazine journalism student, said he is looking forward to returning next semester.

Both Black and Gick also plan to return to work on the next album, which will be created during a three credit hour class next fall. Porter is currently looking for students for the next class.

“It was demanding, it was a lot to take on at first,” Denari said. “Then we all melded into our roles and it felt so natural. We all developed pride in the work we were doing, the experiences we were garnering.

So, it had its hardships, but we all pulled together our combined talents and we came out with a very cool product, one we can be very proud of.”

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Fresh Thyme grand opening Fresh Thyme opened May 16 in 500 block of West McGalliard Road. The store features produce, hormonefree meat and flown in seafood. RACHEL ELLIS, DN

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Fresh Thyme opens, offers variety of healthy, alternative food options

Andrew Smith Reporter

A new grocery store that promotes its organic selection and community partnerships opened in Muncie this summer.

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market opened May 16 in the 500 block of West McGalliard Road.

The full-service specialty grocer said in a press release it carries organic food and local produce.

“Fresh Thyme brings in a version of fresh and organic that utilizes local farms in a large convenient market,” said Todd Donati, director of the Muncie Redevelopment Commission. “Fresh Thyme is also a community supporter cultivating relationships with schools, organizations and non-profit groups. They have been a good partner to Muncie to this point, and we expect this to continue for a long time.”

The store features a large produce section,

natural meat that is raised without hormones and seafood that is flown in daily. There is earth-friendly cleaning supplies, gluten-free and dairy-free options and a vitamin and supplement department.

Additionally, customers can pick up a meal at the sandwich or salad stations, and children can help themselves to fruit while they shop.

And while many residents were happy to see the store open, some were hesitant because of what the store could mean for local businesses.

Dave Ring opened the Downtown Farm Stand in 2007 with his wife Sara to give local farmers a place to sell their products. While Dave said he doesn’t think Fresh Thyme opening will result in the Downtown Farm Stand closing, he still thinks it will hurt business.

“In a small business, we are retail and we also have a restaurant, the profit margins are small,” Dave said. “So if we lose 10 percent or 20 percent

of our revenue to a corporate competitor, it’s pretty damaging. That can put a hurting on our future plans of expansion and things like that.”

From stocking local products, hiring residents and partnering with nonprofits in the area, we are fully committed to serving the Muncie community as part of our family.”

- CHRIS SHERRELL, President and CEO, Fresh Thyme

And while Fresh Thyme may drive up competition, Chris Sherrell, president and CEO of Fresh Thyme, said the company is committed to helping the area.

“From stocking local products, hiring residents and partnering with nonprofits in the area, we are fully committed to serving the Muncie community as part of our family,” Sherrell said in a press release. “We’re looking forward to getting to know the community and encourage everyone in Muncie to come.”

In that spirit, a $2,500 donation will be given to Second Harvest Food Bank and Muncie Central High School. Fresh Thyme said the donations will be going toward a food pantry fund for students.

Contact Andrew Smith with comments at ajsmith15@bsu.edu or on Twitter @AndrewSmithNews.

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Former Ball State linebacker receives 4-year sentence

Foundation president leaves Ball State Brynn Mechem Summer Editor

The University Foundation announced in July longtime foundation president Cherí O’Neill is leaving the university.

Jean Crosby, the vice president for strategy, engagement and communications was named interim president in her stead.

... our university has always prepared us to recognize opportunities and take on new challenges. That is just part of our DNA — to always spread our wings and fly.”

- CHERI O’NEILL, Former foundation president

After his involvement in a bar fight in China, Wendell Brown was sentenced to four years in a Chinese prison. DN FILE

Wendell Brown has been held in a Chinese prison after an altercation in 2016 Brooke Kemp and Garrett Looker Managing Editor and Reporter It’s been nearly a decade since Wendell Brown played his last snap on the gridiron for Ball State University. In the last two years, Brown went from being a football coach traveling abroad in China to being detained in a foreign prison.

Now, the Detroit native is serving a four-year sentence, which was decided in a Chinese court June 27.

Brown was charged with intentional assault after his involvement in a 2016 bar fight. While one man sustained an injury to his eye, which later had to be removed, Brown said he only acted in self defense.

In Chinese courts the conviction rate is 99 percent. However, disputes such as Brown’s are often settled outside of the courts. In Brown’s case, however, the injured man required Brown pay more than $100,000 to avoid taking the case to court.

Wendell’s lawyer Wu Junmei said he pleaded not guilty in court and intends to appeal the court’s decision now that he has been sentenced.

“It was devastating to hear,” said Wendell’s mother, Antoinette Brown, in a phone interview with The Daily News. “They clearly have no

evidence. They sentenced an innocent man with no evidence.”

While Wendell has been detained, Antoinette and his family have worked to help him by hiring a lawyer, starting a GoFundMe page and reaching out to members of the United States government, including President Donald Trump.

The GoFundMe has raised more than $18,000 out of its $50,000 goal. When asked why she reached out to Trump, Antoinette said she was given hope when he helped three UCLA basketball players who were caught shoplifting in China Nov. 7, 2017, and hoped Trump would do the same for her son.

Ball State alumni also have reached out to Wendell’s family to offer help, though Antoinette said despite everyone’s efforts, she has not had a verbal conversation with her son since September 2016.

“We will continue to fight and to reach out to more government officials and to resolving this and having him returned home,” Antoinette said.

Contact Brooke Kemp with comments at bmkemp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ brookemkemp. Contact Garrett Looker with comments at galooker@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Garrett_Looker.

O’Neill, who is a Ball State alumna, served as the Foundation president for nearly six years.

During her time, O’Neill said it was meaningful to reach fundraising milestones and speak at national conferences.

“I worked first and foremost to build a team, a supportive culture, to help people grow and thrive and dream bigger toward a common goal: more gifts of time, talent and treasure for Ball State,” O’Neill said through the Foundation’s associate vice president of communications DeAnna May. “I cherished the opportunity to give back to the school that gave so much to me. I had a passion and vision for something that would help Ball State, something that would elevate engagement,

Jean Crosby, the vice president for strategy, engagement and communications will serve as interim president. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, PHOTO PROVIDED

After six years as foundation president, Cheri O’Neill will now work for Colorado State University Foundation. BALL

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philanthropy and stewardship to new levels. I dreamed of a university where philanthropy and giving back were part of the culture. I hope I’ve made meaningful strides in that direction.”

O’Neill will now work for the Colorado State University Foundation, a change she said was unexpected.

“Departing my alma mater was not something I had planned. It was definitely unexpected. Having returned full circle to Ball State, I thought this would be the final chapter in my career,” O’Neill said. “But our university has always prepared us to recognize opportunities and take on new challenges. That is just part of our DNA — to always spread our wings and fly.”

Crosby, a Muncie native and Ball State alumna, will now serve as interim president while the Foundation board leads a search for a new president.

“My goal during this interim period is to continue the momentum we’ve built over the past several years so that when a permanent replacement is named, we are handing off a high functioning team that is laser focused on the goals in front of us,” Crosby said through a statement again provided by May. Though the timeline and scope of the presidential search have yet to be determined, O’Neill left some parting advice for whoever is chosen.

“Enjoy the work and never forget why it is important: to help Ball State thrive and succeed today and into the future,” she said. “It provides those additional resources that help make the university and student experience not only good, but great.”

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Couple ends 1 chapter, opens another Brynn Mechem Summer Editor When most students graduate from a university they expect to receive a diploma, but after summer commencement, one alumna received a ring.

A couple minutes after she crossed the stage in Worthen Arena, Kari Scherer found herself being proposed to underneath Shafer Tower by thenboyfriend Zeke Schultz.

“I always told Zeke that I wanted to wait to get engaged until I had graduated from college,” Scherer said. “I didn’t expect him to wait ten minutes to propose.”

Both Scherer and Schultz grew up in Decatur, Indiana, though they lived on opposite sides of the county. Shultz, who is two years older than Scherer, opted to go to Indiana UniversityPurdue University in Fort Wayne to study construction engineering.

The couple met during Scherer’s freshman year when Schultz decided to visit his cousins at Ball State, who Scherer happened to be friends with.

“One night we met and we just kind of talked for a long time and it just kind of went from there,” Scherer said. “It was so crazy that we lived so close together, but yet, Ball State is the reason we’re together. Without Ball State I don’t think we’d be where we are.”

After the couple began dating, Schultz made weekend trips to Ball State nearly every weekend for the three and a half years they were dating. So, when the time came to propose, Schultz said the natural choice was at the place where it all began.

“I wanted to do it at Ball State at the commencement, but inside Worthen just didn’t feel right,” Schultz said. “So once we left there,

Kari Scherer’s fiance Zeke Schultz proposed right after she received her diploma. PHOTO PROVIDED

we hopped in my truck and I was like, ‘Well let’s just take one more picture underneath the bell tower.’”

The couple, with Scherer’s dad playing the role of photographer, made their way to Shafer Tower. After taking a photo, Schultz got down on one knee.

“I had a little speech prepared, but she didn’t want to hear it,” Schultz said. “She just wanted me to get to the point.”

After spending the morning getting ready for graduation, Scherer said she was “absolutely shocked.”

“I had absolutely no idea,” Scherer said. “I was

It was so crazy that we lived so close together, but yet, Ball State is the reason we’re together. Without Ball State I don’t think we’d be where we are.”

- KARI SCHERER, Ball State alumna a little curious as to why we were taking a picture when he hates to take pictures and it was raining, but after it was over I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this makes sense.’”

But Scherer wasn’t the only one who was surprised. Schultz didn’t tell anyone before popping the question, so when Scherer’s dad, who was playing the role of photographer, realized what was happening, he froze and began crying.

“I had asked for permission a couple months prior to that, but he didn’t even know that I had went and purchased the ring yet,” Schultz said.

“I had a lot of people asking me in the weeks leading up to it, ‘Are you going to propose to her? When are you going to propose?’ I was lying through my teeth. I didn’t tell a soul.”

So, when Scherer showed off the ring, which Schultz picked out completely by himself, to their family members, they all screamed.

Now, Scherer will begin her job as an oncology inpatient nurse at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne as the couple prepares for their spring wedding. And while their time at Ball State may have ended, the couple said the university would always hold a special place in their hearts.

“This kind of closed the chapter at Ball State, but opened up a whole new one for us at the same time,” Scherer said. “It was good. It was the perfect way to end.”

Contact Brynn Mechem with comments at bamechem@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ BrynnMechem.

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Ball State students forge friendships through Rinker Center Program For many college students, adjusting to life in a new town may not be an easy task, but an adjustment to campus life can prove to be especially difficult when your family and friends are hundreds of miles away from Muncie.

However, for some international students, the transition has become a little easier with the help of the Friendship Family Program offered through the Rinker Center for International Programs.

The Friendship Family Program connects international students with an American family to help the student adjust to life in Muncie. While students do not live with their host families, and families are not responsible for supporting their students financially, families that are involved in the program are required to meet up with their student once a month for an activity.

According to Friendship Family Program coordinator Hope Covington, the program helps students find extra support as they adjust to life in a new country.

“International students have told me that they truly feel like members of the family,” Covington said. “They told me that they feel like they belong and that having a friendship family makes them feel more comfortable and supported in a country that is foreign to them.”

The program is open to anyone 18 years old and older who resides near Muncie. A wide variety

I’m out here from my family and friends back home. I just wanted to be a part of a group of people that would make me feel at home.”

- CHRISTINE MUNSELL, Ball State student of family structures — single people, married couples and couples with children — make up the Friendship Families program. Many of the families involved are from the United States, but there are also families that are from other countries as well.

Graduate applied behavior analysis student Christine Munsell was looking for a way to connect with campus and community when she moved to Muncie from her hometown of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It wasn’t long until she got an email looking for people in the

community to volunteer to be involved with the program for the upcoming semester.

“I was also just looking for [someone] to call part of a family far from home,” Munsell said.

Later in the semester, Munsell was matched with a fellow graduate student Justine Waluvengo, who is originally from Kakamega, Kenya. For Waluvengo, building a friendship family with Munsell was a way for her to build a connection with someone outside of her school schedule.

“I’m out here from my family and friends back home. I just wanted to be a part of a group of people that would make me feel at home,” Waluvengo said.

Munsell and Waluvengo said this experience has allowed them to learn from each other’s respective cultures, but they also built an instant friendship bonding over a mutual love for ice cream and Thai food and their shared sense of humor.

“With Christine, we just have so much in common,” Waluvengo said. “We have really come to form this type of friendship that’s so powerful.”

Covington has found that in the past, families have built relationships far beyond the program itself.

“Even after the student returns to their home country, they stay in touch through email and social media and sometimes families even travel to visit their students in their home countries,” Covington said.

Munsell likes the flexibility of the program.

It’s allowed her and Waluvengo to get out and experience places around Muncie.

“You find your family member and you kind of do whatever you want to do,” Munsell said. “No commitments.”

Munsell and Waluvengo’s relationship has stretched beyond just meeting up once a month.

Waluvengo said she appreciates having someone to call for anything. In fact, she said Munsell even took her to the doctor when she wasn’t feeling well.

“I called up Christine. Despite her having work to do, she drove me to a hospital,” Waluvengo said. “She is like my family now.”

Munsell, too, said the program gave her a deep relationship with someone she might not have met without the it.

“It’s great to know you aren’t in your own boat struggling,” Munsell said. There’s someone to lean on who might need a shoulder to lean on, too.”

Covington strongly recommends both international students and Friendship Families become involved because she believes the program helps international students experience American culture while also giving host families a unique way to build meaningful relationships with people from different backgrounds.

Those looking to build their own Friendship Family can visit The Rinker Center’s website for more information about how to get involved.

Contact Ally Johnson with comments at adjohnson12@bsu.edu or on Twitter @IamAllyJ.

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2 Ball State students awarded Fulbright grants Andrew Harp Assistant News Editor Two Ball State graduates are just a part of the 1,900 individuals who have received grants to work and study outside of the United States in the coming year.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards recent graduates, master’s and doctoral candidates and young professionals with grants to study and research in foreign countries. These candidates live within the community and apply the education they have received into real-world jobs and situations.

The program awards 1,900 grants to 140 participating countries annually. Since its inception in 1946, the program has awarded nearly 360,000 people from the United States. Applicants apply to one country only and must explain why they chose that country.

Kailee Ross Kailee Ross, an elementary education major with a license in English as a new language, graduated from Ball State in May. She will stay in Athens, Greece, for 10 months — one of the longest grant terms awarded — starting in September.

“Although, having that long period away from the states was intimidating, I knew that the longer I would be away and immersed in another culture the more authentic the experience would be,” Ross said. “I’m nervous, but I’m also really hopeful, and I think that it’ll be a really positive experience that I’m there for so long because I will have a chance to form sustainable relationships with those around me and won’t just be a drop in and leave experience.”

Ross was looking for international scholarship opportunities when she came across the Fulbright program. She said the process required applications and interviews through Ball State, then through the national Fulbright organization and finally through the committee in Greece.

Ross said a large reason she selected Greece as her country was the community involvement of the program, which will put her in charge of extracurricular activities including an after-school language and debate club and a camp.

She said she intends to create empathy between herself and her future English as a second language students (ESL) who may be going through experiences of living and speaking in a brand new place.

“I really hope that I can not just bring my culture into the classroom over there but learn what their classroom climate is and learn some things from the teachers and professors over there and to bring that back to the United States someday so I can better teach my ESL students and understand where they’re coming from,” Ross said.

for language majors and minors encouraging them to apply to the program. She was accepted and is now planning on working, studying and teaching English in Uruguay for nine months beginning in March.

She said she was not particular about which country she applied to visit, but Uruguay had the age range of kids she wanted to teach.

“I think it’s going to be hard. It’s going to be a whole new country, pretty far away,” Burnett said.

But that’s kind of also the thing I’m most excited for is cultural immersion. That scariness is also really exciting.”

- ANNIE BURNETT, Fullbright scholar “But that’s kind of also the thing I’m most excited for is cultural immersion. That scariness is also really exciting.”

Like Ross, Burnett also will teach English to students in Uruguay, though this isn’t her first experience in another country.

Burnett has traveled abroad in the past but only for a month at a time. She said she is excited to speak Spanish full time and continue to develop her language skills. She even has plans to start a bilingual theater group in the program.

After the trip, she said she has plans to implement her skills and education in theater and language in any job or opportunity she comes across.

Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @adharp24.

Annie Burnett Annie Burnett, a 2018 graduate with a degree in acting and a minor in Spanish, decided to apply for the Fulbright program when she noticed an email

Annie Burnett will leave for Uruguay in March. ANNIE BURNETT,PHOTO PROVIDED

Kailee Ross, a 2018 graduate, will stay in Greece for 10 months as part of the Fulbright program. KAILEE ROSS, PHOTO PROVIDED

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Ball State kicks off centennial celebration with community picnic Ball State officially started its year-long centennial celebration events with a communicty picnic June 15. BRYNN MECHEM, DN

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Family fun at the Delaware County fair The Delaware County Fair was held at the Muncie Fair Grounds July 9-15. The fair featured rides, games, concerts and a rodeo.

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Burkie’s Drive In Facebook post says building has been sold, creates confusion Andrew Smith Reporter

... Burkies [sic] has been sold to a development group. They are going to be bulldozing it when the deal is done and a parking structure is going to be erected.”

A long-time Muncie restaurant is selling the business, according to a Facebook post June 27 that has since been deleted.

Owners of Burkie’s Drive In, located at 1515 W. Jackson St., posted on Facebook around 11 a.m. that the business had been sold to a “development group” and will be torn down and replaced with a parking structure.

The post read, “Good morning Muncie. The time has come for the big reveal. I would like to say sorry to all the patron that has [sic] supported us in the adventure. I’m Sorry [sic] everybody has ruined it for you, but Burkies [sic] has been sold to a development group. They are going to be bulldozing it when the deal is done and a parking structure is going to be erected.

“Storage units will be on the site as well for - BURKIE’S rent. Thanks again to our loyal customers who enjoyed their food and loved coming in. We FACEBOOK loved having u. To the other who want to believe POST a liar and a snake about how we treat people and we are bad people well they are paving paradise and putting up a parking lot.”

In June, Jonah Sizemore, one of the business owners, told The Daily News, “If you guys want to put anything, you can quote me saying the property has been sold and that’s all I’m going to talk about, the property, at this time. It is sold and that’s it.”

The iconic restaurant reopened in June 2017, after Burkie’s new owners completed a remodel inside and out that included new equipment, fresh paint and a thorough cleaning.

Contact Andrew Smith with comments at ajsmith15@bsu.edu or on Twitter @AndrewSmithNews.

A 1964 ad for Burkie’s Drive In. DN ARCHIVES Muncie residents learned via a social media post that Burkie’s Drive In, a community icon since the mid-1950s, closed permanently in June. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN

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Ball Bearings magazine is a national awardwinning, student-run publication that is home to long-form writing, outstanding photography, and modern design.

The magazine publishes twice a year and is accompanied by an interactive website, ballbearingsmag.com, where new content is continuously published.

Cardinal Weather is a student-driven forecasting service that provides daily weather information for Ball State Athletics, Delaware County Futbol Club, and the Cardinal Greenway. Here, students gain experience in meteorology, climatology, networking and sales as they are responsible for generating daily forecasts and promoting the organization.

At Byte, students learn valuable journalism skills by creating videos, recording podcasts, writing reviews, news and features centered around entertainment and pop culture content.

You can find their content on The Daily and at bytebsu.com.

NewsLink Indiana is an Emmy Award-winning, student-produced newscast. Student anchors, reporters, writers, and producers collaborate to air live, 30-minute newscasts four nights per week throughout Delaware County. They cover everything from local news, national news, entertainment, weather to sports.

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Meal swipes: Best practices

With the wide variety of options, students should find any way to satisfy their hunger with their meal swipes. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN FILE Campus offers a wide a variety of dining choices for every type of eater, but no matter where you go on the campus, the amount of money you get to spend is the same — $8.50.

So, if getting enough of food to fill you up on a budget worries you, here are a few tips to save money and help you get more food when eating on campus:

Use all $8.50 This one seems pretty obvious, but there will be times where you’re not very hungry in a given meal time. Don’t skimp out. If you’re not using your entire meal plan, you’re cheating yourself out of money and food. So, if you’re not super hungry in the moment, use the leftover money to buy snacks for later to avoid using dining plus.

Skip the soft drink It can be tempting to grab a soda, especially when they are cheaper than other beverages.

However, the freshman 15 is real. Save yourself some money and some pounds by grabbing two

12 oz. cups of water instead. They are free and you can use that leftover $1.80 to buy fruit, gum or chips.

suck up most of your meal swipe. Treat yourself every once in a while, but avoid buying these items too often. Your stomach will thank you for it later.

Don’t buy full meals with dining plus

Get a reusable bottle and coffee mug

We’ve all been there, hungry with no meal plan left, but don’t blow a large chunk of your dining plus on one meal. It is better to spend a couple cents per meal, that way you can maximize each meal rather than just pay off a few.

These items will ensure you are both healthily hydrated and caffeinated. Dining halls with refillable coffee allow you to use your own mug.

You can refill a 16-oz. mug for just 90 cents and all dining halls allow you to refill your bottle for free.

Find on-sale items

Find the cheapest spots for the food you want

A lot of the fresh food options in the dining halls have a shelf-life. In order to get rid of these items, Dining Serves will often mark them down by 50 percent. Be on the lookout for fruits and vegetables that you can eat right way. It’s a healthy and cheap alternative.

Don’t buy the most expensive items Sure, a package of sushi sounds tempting, but is it worth the price you’ll pay for it? Oftentimes, the most alluring items Dining Services has to offer will

The easiest way to save money on campus is by figuring out which dining hall offers the cheapest version of the food you’re feeling. Some items are cheaper in certain locations than they are in other food places on campus.

If you figure out where the cheaper options are, it will go a long way in helping you save money.

Woodworth Complex pasta is pretty great, but Noyer Complex offers pasta for nearly half the price.

Dining Plus rolls over If it’s the end of the fall semester and you’ve noticed that your money-saving tricks have paid off, don’t worry — what you have left will roll over to the new semester. Keep up the good spending habits throughout the semester and then you can stockpile snacks for the road trip home. Be sure to use all the money you have left at the end of the spring semester. After all, it is something you already paid for.

Actually use your meal swipes It can be tempting, especially in the winter months, to skip out on a meal swipe. But whether you don’t want to get out of bed or you want to go out on the town for dinner, make sure you get to the dining halls to use your swipes.

Even if it’s just buying a bag of chips or something small, using the swipe is better than not using it at all.

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Free activities for Ball State students From university-sponsored events to activities planned by student organizations, there is always something for Ball State students to do after finishing up their classes and studying.

Here are just a few ways to explore the community, talent and culture available on Ball State’s campus:

that teaches viewers how to navigate the night sky, and “Planet Nine,” which explores the Solar System and dwarf worlds.

David Owsley Museum of Art

Located in the Art and Journalism Building, this exhibit area features artwork from alumni, students and other professionals.

Starting in August, an exhibition featuring work done by School of Art freshmen during the 201718 academic year will be on display.

The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays.

Explore famous collections and time-honored artwork throughout the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA).

This fall, exhibits such as “The Power of Place: 100 Years of Architecture at Ball State University” and “Gorey’s Worlds” will be on display. In the spring “Impressions of Love: J. Ottis and Winifred Brady Adams, a Ball State University Centennial Exhibition” will be available for viewing.

Admission is free and the museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Charles W. Brown Planetarium

Late Nite

Throughout the year, the Charles W. Brown Planetarium offers free shows for Ball State and the Muncie community.

The planetarium, which is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the largest planetarium in Indiana and seats more than 150 people.

During the 2018-19 school year, a number of shows have been planned for space lovers and star gazers alike including “Into the Darkness,” a show

Every Saturday throughout the academic year means a new themed night of activities and food hosted by Late Nite.

From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. students can enjoy this free event and all it has to offer. In the past, Late Nite has featured inflatable jousting, Build-ABear Workshop and laser tag. At the end of each academic year a carnival is hosted with rides, games and fair food.

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50 things 1. Go to Air Jam 2. Watch or participate in the tradition of Bed Race during homecoming week 3. See a performance at John R. Emens Auditorium 4. Tailgate at Homecoming and then actually go to the football game 5. Get on the dean’s list 6. Regret taking a class at 8 a.m.

7. Walk the cow path 8. Get trapped in an elevator 9. Dress up Frog Baby when it’s cold 10. Don’t forget to rub her nose during finals week 11. Kiss under Beneficence 12. Meet at the Naked Lady 13. Close down Club Bracken 14. Get lost in North Quad 15. Get a ride from Charlie’s Charter 16. Have a cup of Joe at The Caffeinery 17. Relax in a hammock in the Quad 18. Take a photo on the 10th floor of Teachers College 19. Sit under Shafer Tower 20. Get free condoms at the Amelia T. Wood

Health Center 21. Play volleyball by Studebaker West Complex 22. Get a photo with Happy Friday Guy, Charlie Cardinal, Hootie the Late Nite Owl and the University President 23. Attend Dance Marathon 24. Bowl at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center 25. Attend Late Nite Carnival 26. See a movie at Friday Night Filmworks 27. Go see the Buddha at the David Owsley Museum of Art 28. Join an organization 29. Eat at every dining hall 30. Go to midnight breakfast during finals week 31. Use a meal swipe for just soda 32. Have a Dining Plus spree after finals 33. Have your parents visit for family weekend 34. See fireworks at Minnetrista 35. Donate plasma and blood 36. Live off campus 37. Live in Muncie during the summer 38. Go to Village Green Records and talk to Travis Harvey 39. Go dumpster diving for free food 40. Catch a concert at Be here Now

There is a wide variety of free activities students can attend throughout the school year including Friday Night Filmworks, Late Nite and various athletic events. BREANNA DAUGHTRY, DN

you have to do at Ball State before you graduate 41. Eat at Greek’s Pizzeria 42. Order Insomnia Cookies 43. Get half-priced apps at Scotty’s Brewhouse 44. Go to Sunshine Cafe 45. Go to Savage’s Ale House 46. Have a margarita at Puerto Vallarta (when

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things only Ball State students know Stephanie Amador Photo Editor 1. Take the Cow Path if you are trying to get to point A to point B. Let’s start with traffic between classes — If you’re trying to go down McKinley Avenue at noon, good luck. To avoid large crowds, or if you are just trying to get to one place to another quickly, try taking the Cow Path.

2. The buses are reliable, but it’s faster to walk. It doesn’t matter how far the building or parking lot is, it is always faster to travel by foot, unless you get to a stop right as a bus is pulling in.

3. The fourth floor of Bracken Library is a quiet zone. Everyone knows the loud students that gossip rather than study should stay on the first and second floor.

When you reach the top, it is time to take a vow of silence.

4. When you are at the Scramble Light, the “wait” sound becomes just a suggestion. We get it, there are only ten minutes between classes and sometimes you are in a hurry, just make sure to check every direction before crossing.

5. The most precious item can own at Ball State is your Student ID. It also happens to be one of the most expensive.

Don’t lose it, otherwise you’ll have to spend $25 on a new one.

6. If you want the best seats or best spots to tailgate, arrive early. You will be stuck in traffic for at least 30 minutes.

While waking up early on game day doesn’t sound great, it will ensure you get the perfect party position.

7. Ball State gives students free access to the Rec Center. When students come back to campus the gym is very busy.

Later in the semester, however, activity starts to die down. Utilize the free facilities because the freshman 15 is real.

8. Frog baby’s nose. During finals week, it is rumored that Frog Baby’s nose will give you luck. So, if you don’t want to risk the germs on her golden nose or the algae in the water around her, study all week.

9. Putting gum on the gum tree has become a tradition. There used to be one single tree that gum was stuck to.

However, the tree was cut down in summer 2018. Since then, the gum has now spread to traffic signs, three different trees and various poles. Hey, it’s all about tradition, right?

10. Every Friday we are prepared to see Happy Friday Guy. He rides around like a superhero on his scooter, throwing both candy and happiness. Who isn’t happy that it’s Friday or that there’s free candy?

11. If Benny flaps her wings, it’s meant to be. There is a myth that if couples kiss underneath the Beneficence statue and she flaps her wings, their love is true.

We all know it’s just a myth, but it’s a romantic way to tell your significant other you love them.

12. Athletic events are free. No, this is not a joke. All Ball State athletic events are free to students. All it takes is the swipe of a Ball State ID. Plus, there are usually giveaways where you can score free Ball State swag.

13. Stinky Trees. No, no one farted in front of you. If you walk past the white floral trees in front of the Arts and Journalism Building in the spring, you may get a large whiff of mother nature’s stinky smells.

14. Walk from Robert Bell to AJ indoors. The winter months can be super chilly, but there is a way to avoid the frostbite. Students can walk all the way from Robert Bell to the Art and Journalism building indoors. It’s a great way to get from the northern dorm halls to Teachers College.

15. Limited parking space. If you decide to drive to campus, beware of limited parking spaces and the war that may ensue when you do find one.

Parking is a first come, first serve system and you may find yourself circling the parking lot like a vulture trying to find a place to park.

Contact Stephanie Amador with comments at skamador@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Amador_Steph96.

EMILY WRIGHT, DN

Sept. 4 Doolin’ Sept. 4, 7:30 p.m.

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Sept. 8 The Doo Wop Project Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.

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Sept. 14 The 5 Browns Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m.

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Sept. 18 The East Pointers Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m.

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Sept. 21 DSB: America’s Favorite Tribute to Journey Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

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Oct. 4 Kate Edmondson Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.

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Oct. 11 The Bumper Jacksons Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m.

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Oct. 19 Croce Plays Croce Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.

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The Choir of Man Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.

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Oct. 25 John McEuen Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.

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Oct. 28 The President’s Own United States Marine Band Oct. 28, 3:00 p.m.

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Nov. 1 Graeme James with Alex Preston Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.

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Nov. 2 Air Supply Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m.

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Nov. 6 Voces 8 Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.

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Nov. 9 Sidra Bell Dance: MÖNSTER OUTSIDE Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.

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Nov. 20 Noel: The Musical Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.

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Nov. 29 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas

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Coming to The Crossroads Ball State’s newest students have traveled across the country to meet in the crossroads for the upcoming school year. Check out where the class of 2022 is from inside.

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HOOVER Anna C. Morgan

NOKOMIS Sandra E. Elsadek

CALIFORNIA

ORLANDO Amechi J. Uzodinma

KINGSBURG Alyssa D. Santivanez MODESTO Cathryn D. Starck

PONTE VEDRA Mario Noto Alyssa B. Hensley

Emily A. Hjerpe

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Abigail B. Witte

BOLINGBROOK Adam M. Jarosik Evan Morales Michael E. Ransom Kathryn J. Rodgers Gabriella C. Smith Jordyn A. Williams

ARMINGTON Kiersten E. Rodman

BRIDGEVIEW Raini E. Eldorado BUFFALO GROVE Courtney S. Shub

ANTIOCH Emily C. Hanes

TORRANCE Riley J. Sigler

SAINT PETERBURG Dianna C. Lewis

ARTHUR Macy K. Hollingsworth Lucas D. Lee

VALENCIA Cameron W. Grider

VENICE Noel M. White

AURORA Maysen A. Cahn

COLORADO

WESLEY CHAPEL Jordyn L. Blythe

BARRINGTON Liam C. Boyle Graeme A. Mahon

GEORGIA

BARTLETT Jenna N. Dombrowski Cameron S. Keough Emily M. Smith Samantha R. Turner

GLENWOOD SPRINGS Natalie A. Marner

CONNECTICUT SANDY HOOK Mystic A. Higginson

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NEWARK Laura M. Taschner

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ACWORTH Shelby E. Brown ATLANTA Christian B. Terrell AUGUSTA Dantavian Stephens BROOKHAVEN Paige E. Demba

BATAVIA Matthew S. Conlon Logan H. Elders Anne W. Satre Arianna M. Schreiber Brooke J. Speranza Steven I. Wilson

ARCHER Nathan J. Lanhart

KENNESAW Autumn R. Larkins

FORT MYERS Marissa R. Nychyk

WOODSTOCK Tavyn M. Smith

FROSTPROOF Kathryn G. Smith

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BERWYN Amy M. Christensen Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz

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BLOOMINGTON Jayana Fennell Ben S. Houchin Anthony R. Palumbo

NAPLES Elizabeth A. Amendola NEWBERRY Kayla J. Bunde

WEST POINT Wendolyn M. Hannum

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BELVIDERE Jacqueline Espinoza Ryan M. Schohn

Reginald McCoy Kavon L. Mitchell Jacob G. Nolan Ijeoma C. Okere Benjamin M. Rosen Leah E. Sheerin Tatiyana Turner Imani Wagner Christopher W. Welsh CLARENDON HILLS Steven G. Zaher COULTERVILLE Dustin L. Bartnicki

BYRON Samantha A. Meurer CAPRON Rhiannon A. Morrison-Naylor CAROL STREAM Sydney R. Van Meter Bennet K. Witteveen CARPENTERSVILLE Connor J. Pflederer

HICKORY HILLS Joshua G. Melocoton

EVANSTON Charles P. Davis

HINSDALE Brennan H. Hincks

LIBERTYVILLE Molly A. Goebel Lauren E. Rossa

EVERGREEN PARK Abby Butler Krysten N. Mills

HOFFMAN ESTATES Sarah E. Jennings

LINDENHURST Kaitlyn L. Clay

HOMEWOOD Brianna E. Callahan

MAHOMET Maclaren A. Ranstead MANHATTAN Gina N. Esposito Hannah M. Schroeder

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS Naima A. Stallings FISHER Rebecca J. Clanton

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS Jenna M. Walker

FLOSSMOOR Kobe T. Junious

COUNTRYSIDE Makaela A. Faldani

FOREST PARK Anthony J. Herring

CRETE Ashley R. Haton

FRANKFORT Grace M. Babcock Cody J. Geijer Conor R. Townsend

CRYSTAL LAKE Mary E. Seidel

HUNTLEY Amber E. Hoffmann Jacob N. Lopez Peyton M. Moore Allison N. Simons

MARKHAM Isabella A. Rutherford

KANKAKEE Hayley N. Faulkner

MASCOUTAH Tieghan M. Morio MATTESON Makiya Caldwell Kassidy E. Hayslett Jasmine O. Omoruyi Ean Quarles Demetrius M. Roebuck

LA GRANGE Maxwell J. Abrahamson

CHAMPAIGN Kayla D. Campbell

GENEVA Alyssa M. Bondurant Andrew D. Fleming Alisyn R. Pelletier Makayla R. Pelletier

CHANNAHON Amelia K. Brewers

DECATUR Stalexxus L. Bradford

GLEN ELLYN Danielle N. Hertz

CHICAGO Nathan J. Anderson Abigail A. Arvesen Emily A. Carey Shayna V. Clark Dominick J. Fidanzia Alannah O. Gallery Erin M. Hohl Raven N. JohnsonWilliams Kimberly M. Konkoleski Madilyn Kroll Jasmyn S. Lewis

DOLTON Kamaya Y. Green DOWNERS GROVE Colin P. Ferguson

HANOVER PARK Brianna L. Keszycki HAWTHORN WOODS Claire L. Enk Olivia R. Grenier

LAKE VILLA Marley L. Przanowski Sara M. Vander Ploeg

DUNLAP Ellie P. Bertke Anna M. Olmsted

HAZEL CREST Quralyn M. Milroe

EDWARDSVILLE Graham E. Peterson

HEYWORTH Hayden O. Schneider

LA GRANGE PARK Paul J. Moorehouse

LAKE ZURICH Eric A. Antonoff William D. Snyder LAKE IN THE HILLS Nicholas R. Roche LANSING Brooke E. Metzger Mykayla D. Wiley

MEET THE CLASS OF 2022 Alyssa Santiváñez will travel over 2,000 miles before calling Muncie home.

Santiváñez has been working alongside Ball State faculty member Mihoko Watanbe, who travels to California each year to teach a

summer program, for the past four summers in flute performance.

When choosing Ball State, Santiváñez said it was because of “Dr. Watanabe’s amazing teaching.

MANETNO Emma L. Landis

JOILET Elana B. Carmine Brendan R. Kaiser Amanda R. Nelson Alex R. Vazquez

DANVILLE Savana T. Barabas Taylor M. Heald Ashley N. Pascual

CARY Amber D. Mathesius

LEMONT Casey J. Healy

ELGIN Jacob G. Mickel

MAROA Reilly K. Wilber

MCHENRY Emma J. Perry Devin S. Riley Jesarela A. Villarreal MELROSE PARK Taylor N. Smith MILLEDGEVILLE Megan R. Litwiller MOKENA Anthony C. Baio Alyssa G. Marion

Alyssa Santiváñez Flute Performance

“She truly knows how to change lives of flute players and create the best artists/ musicians/people,” Santiváñez said.

65 MORTON GROVE David Rios MOUNT PROSPECT Kathryn F. Mueller MUNDELEIN Derek M. Kendall Lauren Volpe NAPERVILLE Keith I. Carrasquilla Gretchen A. Deichmann Felix O. Egharevba Emily A. Foster Jada V. Harvey Sabrina S. Mccoll Kennedy L. Metzger Elizabeth A. Patton Madeline E. Rambissoon Tristan A. Russell Connor Nicholas Smith Grace H. Wichhart NEW LENOX Avery R. Dobkowski Madison A. Jenkins Cora E. Smith Bethany M. Uremovich Amy M. Wasowicz

NORMAL Samantha M. Scoma Natalie M. Thomison O FALLON Timothy J. Mcnulty OAK FOREST Nicole E. Merino Luke G. Sajewski OAK LAWN Amanda M. Horn Emily R. Jensen Meghan G. Newhart OAK PARK Margaret E. Perisho ORLAND PARK Zachary Gambla Cameron J. Surdyk

PINGREE GROVE Madison L. Lukowski PLAINFIELD Niaa A. Asim Stefahne Baxter Jordan M. Bueno Alexander W. Duesing Grace L. Ericson Ethan M. Flynn John H. Matthews Jillian R. Spangler PROSPECT HEIGHTS Delaney P. Zaucha RIVER FOREST Lucy Economos ROANOKE Taylor M. Monge ROCKFORD Liam J. Sutton ROLLING MEADOWS Alyssa P. Honickel ROMEOVILLE Onome Takpor ROSELLE Sophia G. Margelos Nicholas M. Martinski SAINT CHARLES Addison E. Strachan Audrey J. Treadwell Meagan A. Willard

WHEATON Hadley C. Moritz WINFIELD Connor L. Thompson YORKVILLE Emily R. Berge

INDIANA

AKRON Mackenzie R. Fear ALBANY Cameron H. Clevenger Gatlin M. Freiburger Ashton P. Kissick Noah M. May Allison N. McCrady Madison E. Rees Dylan K. Sumners Hayleigh M. Wilson ALBION Makenzie L. Combs Austin W. Jones Connor J. Kirkpatrick Camryn E. Leatherman Peyton R. Mann Caylin H. Simpson

SOUTH ELGIN Cara A. Walsh SPRINGFIELD Sydney E. Johnson

AMBOY Marissa R. O’Blenis

TINLEY PARK Phillip J. Baggio

ANDERSON Holly E. Bates Lydia J. Black Elizabeth K. Bray Cameron H. Cage Ryker A. Davisson Cene’ I. Dyson Mason A. Ellis Riley J. George Alisyn N. Girt Madison E. Huffman Alexis J. Hunter Katherine I. Jarrell Madison T. Jarrett Mallory E. Jessup Gabrielle E. Jones Owen R. Kennedy

SCHAUMBURG Leah J. Jones SHOREWOOD Justin M. Conant SIDNEY Alexandra E. Gallardo

URBANA Kimberly L. Dillman

PALOS HILLS Jordyn Sturdivant

VERNON HILLS Skylar E. Torrey Elijah J. Wolfson

PAXTON Sydne P. Yaden

WEST CHICAGO Kaila T. Henkin

ALEXANDRIA Emily M. Brady Justin A. Branson Sarah M. Dean Kade L. Dentel Kathleen M. Donahue Hunter L. Granger Brennan L.King Noah J. Leever Mackenzie H. Mccarty Quentin S. Morris Sierra N. Street Delaney L. Ward

PALOS HEIGHTS Natalie M. Burdelik

PARK RIDGE Danilo Kovacevic Anna E. Rojo Joseph A. Viola

Miryam I. Bevelle

WASHINGTON Grant B. Sander WATERLOO Bernadette L. Willson WATSEKA

Seth V. Ketner Kevin J. Knight Levi E. Landers Kyle M. Mccord Marisa L. Merritt Austen J. Michael Bleigh O. Minton Sydnie J. Misner-Berry Sarah J. Myers Hope D. Nicholson Jadyn C. Ogle Lacie M. Parvis Sydnie C. Porter Marah I. Renna Skylie S. Rothell Donald W. Seltzer Taylor R. Sessions Samantha V. Smith Zoey K. Smith Andrew M. Thomas Brock J. Threet Abbigail M. Wainscott Katelyn J. Wells Alyssa M. Whaley Mitchell M. Wiley ANGOLA Kenna L. Aaron Kylie L. Bowen Sarah N. Brandt Kelsi N. Cook Alexander N. David Cady Davidson Lindsay K. Dornte Andrew J. Dorough Ethan German Cody R. Hayes Jenna R. Mangan Teagan K. Marquardt Braxton M. Meek Dallas M. Quillen Chance W. Roddy Benjamin A. Sherbondy Ian C. Smith Grace Wise Kelsie A. Wren ARCADIA Trinity L. Croy Claire R. Sloderbeck Emily J. Wright ARGOS Jessica M. Bradley Jasmynne D. Fowler Emma C. Kiggins Blake A. Thomas ATLANTA Abagail M. Kendall Lane L. Leonard Coleman T. Williams AUBURN Grace A. Birkhold Ashtyn B. Custer Kaitlin Gobrogge Elizabeth D. Monnin Jacob B. Samuelson Molly A. Stoy Alexander R. Straw

AURORA Samuel A. Markland AUSTIN Kasey D. Brandenburg AVON Shania C. Alexander Derek A. Anderson Brooke N. Beaman Ava R. Cherry Landon R. Corbin Olivia L. Curry Jay L. Darlington Trey Davis Juan C. Delgado Joshua M. Echerd Douglas D. Elmore Jylean J. Harvey Olivia A. Hutto Kanyon J. Kilgore Jacob E. Landes Allyson M. Lindsey Austen L. Martin Lauren K. Metzler Nolan C. Nihiser Logan C. Paino Lauren A. Reed Hannah E. Reilly Jesslynn I. Smith Taylor S. Toney Hunter B. Wallace Mitchell A. West BARGERSVILLE Abigail L. Booe Hunter T. Burnett Russell D. Chain Tyler S. Fromer Emily E. Ireland Erin E. Jones Morganne E. Keller Gavin P. Mathes Andrew Stafford Morgan R. Timmons BATESVILLE Samuel M. Bedel Megan K. Butz Kyle E. Eckstein Samuel J. Esser Abigail R. Fowler Garth L. Griffith Justin E. Linville Zachariah H. Minnich Rebecca M. Mustaine Gracey D. Singleton Lucas A. Stirn Samuel E. Wade Audrey Weigel BATTLE GROUND Erika D. Franscoviak BEDFORD Dylan I. Atkins Georgia G. Cushing Kaitlyn B. Daily John C. Maegerlein Megan B. Rutledge Morgan D. Taylor

BEECH GROVE Michael C. Hotseller Tristan P. Jones Jasmine S. Richardson Ignacio O. Rodriguez BERNE Katrina N. Fosnaugh Haley R. Gerber Julia A. Grabau Andrew W. Heimann Jake A. Hreha Kaden M. Ortiz Victoria A. Raugh Allyson N. Schwartz BICKNELL Carli M. Archer BLOOMFIELD Nicole R. LaPointe BLOOMINGDALE Christian C. Johnson BLOOMINGTON Elizabeth M. Babbert Luke A. Balaban Amelia J. Deckard Isabelle A. Deckard Abby N. Frasier Alexandra M. Hafer Jackson Harvey Cassidy R. Jerke Olivia F. Kenny Jackson C. Linke Tiffany M. Ly Hannah E. Marshall Jordan A. McCoy Grace O. Mungle Seong Joon Park Holly E. Richardson Melea B. Shockney Joe P. Walls Dylan M. Wampler Carlie R. Williams BLUFFTON Tristan M. Anderson Rachel L. Brooks Max C. Corle Dalton J. Craig Alaina L. Denny Noah A. Fredrick Tess E. Mcbride Tyler Reed Cole A. Sheets Nathan D. Stout BOONVILLE Anthony S. Clark Mollie E. Miskimen Colwin A. Mondor William T. Sowder BOURBON Keygan A. Mosier Lea D. Stouder BRAZIL

Meghan B. Bass Kevin N. McIntire BREMEN Abigail Harman Brooke Kertai Sarah M. Schafer Alexander C. Sinkovics BRINGHURST Jonah C. Osburn BRISTOL Ariana J. Barben Courtney T. Gin Deanna M. Nevills Cody M. Spencer BRISTOW Ty J. Mullis

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BURNETTSVILLE Fletcher V. Spence BUTLER Drew E. Ervin Rudi A. Hendrickson CAMBRIDGE CITY Gavin C. Dillon Grace E. Dudas Drew E. Grubbs CAMBY Jovani A. Avila Ellen J. Hawkins Sydney C. Heitmann Gabrielle F. Person Mackenzie E. Stevenson

BROOK Alexander C. Tsaparikos

CAMPBELLSBURG Evalyn L. Martin Cora S. Miller

BROOKLYN Jade M. Davis

CANNELTON Jenna N. Coyle

BROOKVILLE Anthony B. Edwards Morgan G. Erfman Cody J. Prifogle Jessica R. Walls Megan E. Watterson

CARMEL Bethanie N. Ackerman Brooke M. Ackerman Mitchell R. Armstrong Dustin J. Bayha Maya I. Beas Derek R. Berry Tory G. Bootcheck Bradford A. Brevard Walter A. Brown Sydney E. Cardenas Matthew W. Carson Jacob F. Chappell Jasmin R. Cheairs Erika K. Coraggio Joshua R. Cox Sophie M. DeFrench Carson G. Downey Johnathan C. Duell Kerry P. Edwards Shea M. Eggleston Frances M. Elzinga Lacey M. Farrow Chloe M. Fickle Sydney M. Foxworthy Julia A. Frazer Madalyn R. Gagen Mona K. Goggins John G. Griffin Cameron R. Grove Logan H. Hahn-Gregory Anna N. Harenberg Annalyse C. Harrington Kathryn E. Hawkins Benjamin E. Heber Evelynne C. Heffern Samuel J. Heldt Jackson T. Helms Cailey M. Heyl Riley A. Higginbotham Mason E. Janowski James R. Jarzynski Morgan P. Kaminski Sydney P. Keip

BROWNSBURG Emma M. Bohrer Jasmine R. Bollman Amaya M. Crockett Anja M. Dale Kayla C. Deitche Steven D. Fuson William J. Graham Blake C. Hall Aubrey G. Hayden Trey D. Hunt Antonio L. King Shelby M. Koose Brett W. Lucas Gregory W. Padgett Isaac L. Polen Caitlin M. Preda Seth W. Ransom-Eastes Corbin R. Rayman Delani A. Rayman Madisen A. Rupe Austin M. Smith Grace M. Smith Abbagail L. Speitel Erin L. Strine Jacob M. Sumner Zackery R. Travelsted Kierstyn M. U’Ren Aspen P. Woodyard Antonio D. Worley BROWNSTOWN Skylar D. Bowen Destiny E. Duncan BUNKER HILL Abigail R. Bourne

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Emily Q. Klotz Kameron T. Kocinski Audrey Kurniawan Emily E. Kurtz Madison A. Lafollette Cameron A. Leffler Eli P. Lucas Charles A. Magan Isabella R. Maginn Maya Mash Jack D. McDougall Ryan P. McIlvenna Makenna J. McLeod Carly E. McNerney Lauren N. Mcclain Aaron Mcghiey Zoe I. Mulpagano Mia E. Newkerk Justin A. Ngooi Sophia M. Nulph Sean Orourke Tristan S. Oshier Alec D. Owens Noah T. Pilcher Jacob B. Pisockyj Grace E. Plaskett Tyler K. Poulson Evan R. Pratt Olivia B. Price Cameron C. Puno Kolbie B. Rains Connor T. Rapala Indira S. Rogers Payton E. Russell Elizabeth K. Sandifer Vanessa R. Scammahorn Nicholas R. Shelton Taylor N. Shockey Trinity P. Smerage Blake K. Smith Cana L. Smith Kip S. Sprout Catherine T. Stahly Daniel R. Staton Jacob R. Stukenberg Jonas V. Surati Kylie A. Sutton Matthew R. Sutton Claire O. Thurlow Amy E. Toler

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Zachary R. Tuten Ellie R. Twiehaus Kate M. Vanderveen Nikki L. Vasil Katie D. Warbinton Zachary D. Wiggins Brooke E. Willman Christopher D. Wood Emily M. Worrell Denise C. Yang

Andrew T. Fancher Sailor L. Franklin Richard H. Lohmeyer Kara M. Maggio Shaye K. McCarthy Brianna F. Molnar Sophia L. Moody Noah J. Van Nevel Connor V. Wantuch Simon A. Williger

CARTHAGE Dallas R. Edwards CEDAR GROVE Benjamin L. Krider

CHURUBUSCO Joshua T. Bear Levi J. Burch Austin E. Lehman Hannah D. Pitzer

CEDAR LAKE Keegan M. Doolin Adriana J. Garcia Morgan P. Iversen Matthew S. Keller Ben Malum Cassandra D. Novak

CICERO Christian D. Broshears Taylor N. Ewing Kiya N. Hinshaw Alexis K. King Amanda Morris Amelia R. Ringer

CENTERVILLE Brynden P. Alvey Aaron J. DesenaCrumbaugh Kaleb M. Duncan Parker A. Gray Kennedy G. Miller Mikayla E. Miller Kylen D. Myren Lindsey N. North Tyler Phenis Mackenzie B. Tipton

CLARKS HILL Adalynn R. Jackson

CHARLESTOWN Faith Denig Victoria E. Glover Nathaniel L. Proctor CHARLOTTESVILLE Reece J. Burkhart CHESTERTON Edward A. Armstrong Connor J. Boren Marrin E. Brandt Amanda Case

CLARKSVILLE Kamren H. Carrier Cameron C. Finch Michael L. Jackson CLAYTON Brooke O. Smith CLINTON Jeremiah J. Arakaki-Lemmon CLOVERDALE Olivia R. Boler Divine D. Holmes Hannah J. Long Paige R. Plamondon Emily G. Rogers Evan C. Williamson COATESVILLE Caleb M. Duncan Rachel D. Hamilton

Chloe E. LaPierre Annie E. Peabody Haley E. Wilson

CONNERSVILLE Hannele A. Burch Jordan T. Cooley Emily R. Judd Christina L. Lozano Kendall E. Moriarty Addison M. Myers Nicholas J. Pflug Preston C. Scott

COLUMBIA CITY Jayma L. Acres Kellie A. Frei Shayla N. Harris Tyler J. Hollis Lauren M. Keller Sydney L. Korte Spencer T. McCammon Whitney L. Shelton Olivia G. Vieyra Kamryn J. Yenser

CONVERSE Jillian M. Downam

COLUMBUS Halle E. Acton Kayla M. Asher Kirsten A. Ballard Kaitlyn R. Blevins Andrew S. Davidson Conner M. Day Dane W. Denniston Ethan M. Evans Jaylen M. Flemmons Jake M. Gesick Crystal R. Goode Madison O. Grimes Steven N. Henderson Elena K. Leddy Kian L. Letts Kaitlyn M. Lipshaw Tessa M. McKenney Sara L. Mccleary Kaylin E. Miller Benjamin J. Morton Jared D. Novreske Katherine E. Quillen Katherine M. Richardson Maria A. Sanchez Cisneros Courtney E. Schnur Christian P. Totten Thomas M. Voils Kylee S. Waggoner Steven R. Walters Elizabeth M. Wessel Brian K. Wilson Alaia J. Wischmeyer

CORYDON Lydia M. Carl Lydia M. Elliott Susan V. Fleshman Olivia G. Johnson Alexis M. Mathes Morgan E. Poole Megan T. Thieneman Kaitlyn V. Walsh Byron W. Wilkins COVINGTON Meadow G. Carr Burke A. Hilge CRAIGVILLE Cierra J. Moser CRAWFORDSVILLE Hadyn M. Allen Calvin S. Chaney Rachel A. Costin Joel D. Givan Destanee P. Griffin Hailey E. Leonard Ethan A. Lobosky Courtney M. Mccoy Emily E. Mesaros Matthew T. Mitchell Kayla M. Murphy Trevor J. Rutledge Quentin R. Yund Duncan S. Reed CROMWELL Madison Hilbish Caleb D. Shively

CROTHERSVILLE Blake M. Wright CROWN POINT Danielle M. Altpeter Florentina F. Cardona Rhett P. Cobb Violet L. Doffin Alexander N. Drakulich Madeline R. Edwards Emmilie K. Espino Savannah G. Everson Nicoli S. Fushi Taylor N. Gleason Griffin J. Govert Katarina G. Grant Hannah R. Hill William K. Jakubielski Lauren M. Kamykowski Blake A. King Ioannis C. Kostouros Reece M. Kral Monika Krcoski Jacob M. Loosemore Brooklynn Melvin Joelle Niemzyk Bryce A. Pezel Ryleigh B. Pierce Carlton C. Rager Maxwell R. Smith Jeffery A. Tompkins Mario A. Traficanti Kylee C. Winston CULVER Dylan C. Lewandowski Payton Lowry DALE Madison N. Schoettlin DALEVILLE Hayden A. Huff Alexis R. Leisure Noah A. Lull Ariel M. McEntire Nicholas D. Patton Jacob S. Silvers Jordan S. Starks

Adrienne A. Watson DANVILLE Lauren E. Atkinson Anna K. Easlick Wesley J. Gillespie Tanner M. Gowan Makenzie R. Kiggins John D. Mefford Ty A. Murray Parker G. Post Megan M. Quandt Brenna A. Shelley Kyra R. Shelley Justin D. Siller Claire J. Tollison DARLINGTON Rose K. Winters DAYTON Meaghan M. Lessley DECATUR John M. Carroll Tyler A. LaFontaine Logan T. Lemaster Jordan R. Miller Kyle R. Murdock Gabrielle L. Toenges Kaleb A. Wenger DELPHI Eliot M. Brown Jared W. George Kelsi M. German Samantha S. Gunther Amanda E. Mccarty Reed K. O’Neil Brieghan A. Rohrman Kevin A. Zabala DEMOTTE Rylie M. Gray Emma M. Taylor DENVER Melissa S. Troyer

MEET THE CLASS OF 2022 Muncie is known for its involvement in volleyball not only at a campus level, but in the community, too. This involvement on and off the court led Felix Egharevba to Ball State.

After being contacted by the athletic department, Egharevba applied to Ball State

at 11:30 p.m. on the day priority applications ended. Four days later, Egharevba found himself visiting the campus, and a few days after that, he met with the athletic department.

“I had a great visit,” Egharevba said. “I really connected with the professors, the admissions director, the coaches and team.”

DILLSBORO Jonathan T. Bruner DUBLIN Bryce A. Smith DUNKIRK Hailey A. Curts Kady L. Finnerty Sydney B. Jackson Garrett Rodgers DUPONT Grace J. Massie DYER Sophia L. Boeckstiegel Jillian D. Dahlkamp Taylor C. Dwyer Caitlyn N. Hildeman Monica E. Luna Michael B. Rizzo Savannah L. Skievaski Karina de Santiago

EAST CHICAGO Abel-Raul F. Alejandre Sabastian B. Allen Andre E. Lopez EATON Molly S. Callow Charles W. Melton Autumn C. Moles Chaise A. Penrod Brianna J. Phillips Brittany A. Tuttle EDINBURGH Krista M. Crouch Keeley K. Dinn ELIZABETH Benjamin M. Wibbels ELIZABETHTOWN Thomas J. Myers ELKHART

Felix Egharevba Nursing

While traveling home from Muncie, just 20 days after he received his initial offer, Egharebva found himself committing to the university. He will now will join the Ball State freshman class on and off the court.

67 Vallerie E. Bermea Dylan T. Bowman Timothy S. Brown Regann L. Cook Benjamin E. Davis Derek S. Deal Joel T. Defries Brandon T. Doan Steven R. Fields Daniela Garces Morgan E. Gonsoski Malik Green Joel A. Honey Allyson J. Lankford Noah W. Madison Jessica M. Martinez Mason C. Mast Madisson P. Pletcher Alan J. Robinson Brittney K. Rumschlag Felix Saldivar Zaragoz Alexia B. Scherer Gillian M. Smith Zeelyn G. Stutz Gina E. Truex Allison F. Von Der Vellen ELLETTSVILLE Carly M. Bennett Susan M. Harris Emily J. Headdy Payton S. Thomas ELWOOD Jasmine R. Clark Christopher J. Garrison Taylor M. Monty Manuel J. Moreno Mikayla N. Oxley Emily G. Rogers Delani K. Sims ETNA GREEN Montana J. Golden EVANSVILLE Ma Nya M. Adams Journey N. Aki James D. Blankenberger Maxwell S. Braun Isabella M. Butler Brittney M. Classick Ross D. Effinger Ashley M. Garris Bailey N. Hallam Ryan E. James Ke’Daira R. King William H. Kinkel Hannah N. Maikranz Camryn A. McMurtry Tenmu S. Nakamura Keller W. Oeth Jessica Selby Blake A .Shockley Dylan Stefanich Reed E. Stover Gwendolyn R. Thompson Olivia F. Weinzapfel Kayla M. Welte Arterus T. Young

FAIRLAND Jillian B. Bledsoe Abril Castaneda Hannah F. Duncan Jeffrey D. Miller Leeann Sullivan FAIRMOUNT Clayton J. Elkins Evan Haase Trevor D. Millspaugh Chance J. Smith Ryan W. Weimer FARMLAND Ashleigh Comer Faith R. Cope Jacob L. Holtzman Ashley M. Marcum Noah B. McCollum Olivia N. Miner James C. Roberts Troy L. Thompson Tucker J. Young Greggory A. Yuknavage FERDINAND Trenton M. Bays Austin C. Knies FISHERS Sarah H. Abaddi Ali H. Abouzalam Kwaylin J. Alexander Micah N. Anderson Zachary V. Artale China L. Aung Evan J. Azbell Thierno M. Barry Mia E. Basso Gavin W. Benedict Noah H. Bische Rebecca A. Booker Jaylen T. Booth Emily N. Bray Haley N. Broadnax Samantha J. Buonaiuto Madalyn R. Burkert Rylan S. Busselberg Logan B. Carmack Madison E. Carter Sophia M. Chaille Spencer C. Chapman Amna R. Chaudhary Sydney F. Cobbs Lilian R. Connelly Cameron E. Coppedge Nickolas C. Craft Joshua M. Dage Kendal M. Davis Dalton T. Dietrich Drake D. Featherstone Emily G. Fippen Hannah E. Flint Ryan C. Frank Benjamin H. Gillmore Quiara N. Goggans Kristopher B. Gooch Connor Gray Samuel H. Green Malik C. Griffin

Cierra G. Hale Evan S. Hamby Katelyn Harrell Kylie R. Haslem Kaitlyn R. Hastings Trent R. Higgins Aaron T. Hodge Allison K. Holt Cullen J. Hooper Patrick T. Hoover Job M. Horn Holly Hosfield Lauren D. Huggins Kiley P. Hurst Kayce L. Ingram Kristin H. Irvin Kendall C. Johnson Seana M. Jordan Emily M. Katz Joe D. Keller Madeline M. Kennedy Jacob A. Kessinger Katherine A. Kimmell Mason A. Kluemper Michael A. Labellarte Morgan M. Lewis Kyle D. Linton Hayden M. Lynch Charles W. Madden Lauren M. Madden Kyler A. Mansinne Gabrielle S. Mark Nicholas C. Mark Paige M. McCoy Alexa R. Mcallister Sydney A. Merryman Grace M. Miller Mason L. Miller Nikolaus A. Miller Julia E. Momper Robert M. Mooney Chloe P. Moore Emily M. Morrow Brandon D. Nelson Dylan J. O’Connor Cassidy L. Ogan Catherine G. Olejnik Alexandra E. Osmun Katherine L. Papp Abigail L. Pereira Collin R. Perkins Alexandra G. Pierson Mikayla M. Pietri Kennedy M. Pitts Kara M. Porzuczek Aidan R. Rangel Samantha N. Rash Brendon M. Raymond Kaitlyn N. Reed Blake A. Richards Camden A. Ringle Spencer D. Roberson Ashley M. Ross Lauren G. Roux Kaitlyn M. Ruda Cole C. Russell Britta A. Seland Nicholas P. Shahbazi Mallory D. Shinneman Benjamin A. Shirvinski Miriam N. Smith

Sarah Y. Smith Austin M. Solomon Ashton M. Sosnowski Jackson W. Starnes Nicholas B. Stecovich Cole H. Stoia Haley L. Stroup Madylin A. Suda Caitlin J. Susong Hanna L. Tannenbaum David Tao Cassidy E. Thomas Kiley N. Thomas Kaylee E. Thompson Hollin Totman Emma R. Trent Sophia A. Tully Sydney H. Vang Liam T. Vanoverwalle Kathryn B. Wenger Cameron T. West Carlie R. Westrum Tyler S. White Brayton S. Wilds Leah M. Wilkins Annie P. Wolfert John E. Xiao Nolan J. Yorkman Abigail G. Zagel Miles J. Zander FLAT ROCK Christopher S. Jaynes FLORA Caleb J. Hardesty Madison R. Kauffman Austin O. Taylor FLORENCE Kimberley M Cutter FLOYDS KNOBS Alyssa D. Banet Amber N. Grooms Daniel J. Heinz Andrea M. Mohler Tanner M. Pastor Victoria N. Roberts Hannah S. Schladant FOREST Edward J. Kelly FORT BRANCH Carrisma N. Jackson Wesley A. Obermeier FORT WAYNE Samantha L. Adkins Syed M. Ajmain Brooke R. Amidon Ralph L. Anderson Tori L. Andress Jeron W. Armstrong Alexia C. Aung Zahnee M. Badgley Morgan N. Beasley Danielle J. Beatty Lauren E. Beatty Asia M. Bennett

Justin T. Bierbaum Elyse M. Bishop Elizabeth M. Bogle Evan N. Brown Jacqueline I. Brune Mikaela C. Brust Abigail R. Bulmahn Madison P. Burke Danielle E. Burns Hannah E. Burns Emma E. Burton Ryan J. Busse John V. Campbell Mitchell T. Campbell Ryan S. Campbell Jayden Cano Gabriella R. Cardenas Hunter A. Causey Kaiah S. Chambers Mya R. Chandler Elaine R. Cornewell Katlynne A. Crunk Alexandria I. Datta Tanner J. Denny Cassandra N. Didier Devin H. Donaldson Hunter D. Dysert Brooke R. Enustun Quinn K. Fahrenbach Ryan M. Feely Faith E. Fleischman Megan M. Ford Andrew J. Frank Theodore D. Garcia Zachary A. Garringer Grace M. Georgi Nicole F. Gerber Jaden A. Gibson Bradley C. Gieseking Langston K. Ginder Nicolas D. Graber Kendall S. Greene Monica J. Greenwell Georgia M. Grube Ian M. Haas Nicholas M. Habig Jenna M. Habisch Taurice L. Hagemann Hannibal O. Hall Leann R. Hall Alitza C. Harris Emily E. Hegbli Brandon J. Heiges Madeline R. Hickey Novell Hinton Baylen A. Hite Brittin N. Hoekema Liam M. Holly Devin C. Hooten Joshua P. Hovis Anne M. Hrehov Taylor N. Jenkins Abigail M. Jessup Hailey J. Johnson Bradley T. Jones Shasta Jones Alexander M. Juliano Mikayla M. Kahlenbeck Sophia A. Kamler Meara E. Kanalas Jacob M. Kaufman

Caleb D. Kidd Haley M. Kline Lauren E. Knappenberger Gabriel S. Koch Emary D. Koehl Marie Koehlinger Idris R. Kose Olivia R. Krizon Cameron M. Kruger Autumn C. Lange Gabrielle R. Lantz Hannah R. Larrabee-Walcutt Allison M. Layson Ian M. Leazier Ethan T. Lehman Yoana Lemus Shakaliah D. Lipscomb Emma B. Lubbehusen Kaitlyn G. Magana Isaac W. Magsam Luke I. Maskal Marlana C. Matthews Courtney L. McDaniels Andrew T. Mccrady Samuel D. Mikesell Tatiana A. Milledge Murphy M. Miller Cody W. Miner Sarah M. Moher Sydney M. Monday Lauren E. Mullins William M. Murray Kendall N. Nelson William E. Nelson Riley M. Neumeier Danielle K. Nichols Natalee R. Nichols Aric B. Noble Cameron L. Pancner Devon M. Parsons Dalton J. Pearson Marissa R. Perkowski Julia M. Pettit Alec A. Pieper Emily M. Powers Valerie P. Przybocki Emmalee E. Quinn Lauren M. Ratzburg Josie E. Ray Olivia A. Ray Jackson E. Reed Dillon R. Reese Acadia A. Rekeweg Samuel L. Richard Rachel A. Robbins Rebecka R. Roberts Elizabeth K. Robinson Brady K. Rohrer Kelli A. Ross Troy A. Rusk Carleen O. Sanzone Jacquelyn A. Savieo Lauren Scherer Cassidy N. Schneider Margaret G. Schreck Rebecca M. Schroeder Gaven G. Schulz Aleah D. Sewell Riley C. Smith Jilian J. Starnes Raegan E. Stauffer

Katie S. Steenport Carly A. Stickler Hannah N. Stine Hannah R. Stineburg Gavin B. Stock Lauren E. Stowe Samantha M. Summers Nicole M. Taner Kenneth J. Thompson Cierra C. Tindall Brooke M. Toms Jordan N. Vandenberghe John A. Vasell Divine Vasquez-Jones Kelsey L. Volkert Haley A. Wade Brody C. Wadkins Grace E. Wagner Ani’A L. Walker Grant W. Wallace Paige E. Walling Maggie E. Watson Austin A. Whaley Natalie K. Wigent Demi A. Wilhelm Domanique A. Wilson Karli A. Wilson James D. Zollinger Kyra R. Zwick FORTVILLE Kyle C. Arkenau Lindsey N. Bonfiglio Cameron V. Dowless Bridgette D. Emerton Max C. Gray Katie M. Grubb Catherine McGovern Nathan W. Owen Peytynn R. Pearson Holdan C. Reasor FRANKFURT Kylie R. Burris Sylvia L. Cummings Magdalene S. Hefling Chelsie D. Jones Ashley D. Leach Race L. Maddock Jaycie L. Pletch Kelsey L. Shields Natasha C. Vintila FRANKLIN Alexis M. Adams Jamey N. Adams Emily N. Angle Emily L. Campbell Tavian M. Cosby Abigale M. Daniels Erika R. Sapp Autumn R. Smith FRANKTON Willis A. Harris Ben R. Smith Anna C. Sperry James W. Zach FREEDOM Trevor A. David

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FREETOWN Avery J. Schwipps FREMONT Jacy T. Blades Nickolas J. Keller GALVESTON Michaela B Walker GARRETT Brookelynn F Jarnagin Matthew R Jarnagin Rachael A Lay GARY Anthony M. Armenth Victoria E. Bacon Torrence J. Coleman Zhatiana D. Collins Kayla L. Curtis Sidney E. Ford Margarita Rios Jona A. Robinson Daryn L. Shine Justice M. Zavoral GAS CITY Kylee A. Adrianson Caroline N. Atkins Courtney E. Cansler Rylee J. Catey GASTON Billy-Veil S. Brown Gavin L. Bullock Haleigh J. Clements Natalie B. Grant Emily M. West GENTRYVILLE Samantha J. Skelton GEORGETOWN Andrew T. Maupin Natalie L. Pierce GOSHEN Richard M. Ambrosen Joshua D. Bargerhuff Maxwell G. Chiddister Olivia J. Coblentz Elkah D. Devoe Aidan A. Driver Christian R. Elias Cole S. Fergison Diego R. Garcia Lauren N. Hoogenboom Logan J. Hoogenboom Kristen M. Karch Nathan S. Mann Dustin D. Miller Riara A. Reschly James M. Rupright Benjamin D. Sapp Sarah E. Schmidt Matthew J. Schrock Benjamin G. Taubert Sophie M. Thompson

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GOSPORT Autumn G Taylor GRABILL Olivia G Styhl Jacob Vanlue GRANGER Tayla J. Bothun Emma L. Bright Allison R. Bursley Caroline M. Carrier Jacob L. Davis Josephina Debicki Aubrey A. Koch Emily J. Kuhn Dimitri Napoleon Carrington D. Neal Chandler C. Neal Hannah K. Nichols Jennifer M. Riedel Jordan E. Rock Hayley N. Rosenhagen Taylor M. Sharpe Kaylee A. Shrimplin Victoria L. Vega Katherine M. Walker Madason M. Whittaker GREENCASTLE Nathaniel C. Beaman Dru A. Bottorff Tenzin L. Duff Lucas J. Gillen Rachel E. Jones Tylan E. Jones Kaitlyn R. Patterson Rebecca K. Perry GREENDALE Madyson W. Barber Jacob H Musselman Kaitlyn M Whalen GREENFIELD Anthony R. Battles Sydney G. Blankenship Peyton Q. Bousman Mason A. Conner

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Justin M. Cory Madison A. Davis Cade E. Deckard Avery L. Eller Clayton J. Fultz Jacob Green Tyler C. Harsh Shane M. Hipkiss Sarah A. Kelley Alyxandra B. Ledford Magin M. Ledford Kristina R. Lee Jarett M. Lewis Abby D. Marden Lorena M. Meyer Brady M. Osborne Violet M. Overstreet Taylor S. Redmon Taylor V. Rohrbach Chandler M. Shelton Johanna L. Swartz Logan A. Whalen Emma G. Wiggington Chloe M. Willis Alexis J. Zell GREENS FORK Kyler Oesterling GREENSBURG Vanessa I. Brickett Connor A. Dean James B. Dean Cole B. Kaiser Kailee Kidd Hayleigh S. Kuntz Dylan W. Powers Jenny A. Poznanski Kyle D. Sellers GREENTOWN Dakota L. Carlson Lauren R. Maines Dayle M. Matheny Brock W. Small Kaitlyn E. Vance Katrina J. Witt GREENWOOD

Garrett T. Bailey Olivia A. Bair Jonathan T. Baumet Ellie Bischoff Bradley N. Bishop Ethan J. Bowers Gavin H. Brown Gabriell A. Burgett Shania C. Burton Emily K. Byrd Madison Carr Julia A. Coons Brooklynn E. Cox Dylan J. Donley Avery C. Drane Megan R. Dunn Courtney R. Eck Samuel T. Endris Emma C. Erickson Dayna L. Feller Hannah Forey William M. Gibson Rachel J. Hofmann Connor M. Hollen Sean M. Hornek William M. Jacks Andrew B. Kanwit Stephen J. Keers Lindsay M. Kendall Jenna M. Kennedy Sofia A. Krasutsky Kaylea E. Kyle Sophia A. Laque Marlena M. Leininger Gunner L. Lepper Morgan K. Liddle Emma Long Alexandra B. Macleod Joseph A. Nerding Damon R. Nitzel Anna M. Ottinger Brooklyn M. Pepper Abigail A. Plummer Trevor J. Rightor Kameron A. Rogers Olivia G. Saylor McKenna L. Sayre Jackson R. Simmons Noah K. Smelser

Erin N. Steitz Riane A. Stinnett Kaylee R. Swank Kopelin R. Turner Bryce R. Whaley Katherine N. Winslow Cameron J. Wright GRIFFIN Sydney E. Norman GRIFFITH Jake D. Dye Merry P. Galindo Jessica M. Lopez Erik D. Martinez Angelica M. Meyer Samantha K. Rettie Christian A. Schafer Paul A. Vela Marrissa E. Walter GUILFORD Blake A. Chapman

HARLAN Emma L. Baughman HARTFORD CITY Oliver L. Baronick Quinn C. Cunningham Dillan M. Glawson Levi M. Grooms Quinten P. Howard Erica M. Mcvicker Michaela Plumley Adrian D. Reidy Quenton T. Thurman HEBRON Payton J. Darnell Bruce A. Gohsman Shannon L. Mccloskey HENRYVILLE Luke E. Astle

HAGERSTOWN James B. Blevins Seth M. Richards

HIGHLAND Amber M. Gallagher Camille J. Gallicho Alan M. Kondrat Diana A. Tarazi

HAMLET Haley R. Egger

HOAGLAND Emily C Scheumann

HAMMOND Priscila Acevedo Rashad J. Carter Josefina E. Cordova Jonathan J. Emory Brendan W. Jones David A. Kielbasa Tyler J. Laity Rodrigo D. Magee Myles D. Mitchell Elliott Pamon Le Andrea C. Rainey Spencer D. Spudic

HOBART Anthony J. Flenorl Andrew P. Hillan Luz A. Martinez Melodye N. Niksich Cathleen H. Ramirez Noah M. Schuffert Brittney S. Sutton

HANOVER Christian R.. Balboa Dylan G. Peck

HUNTERTOWN Grant J. Byman Benjamin A. James

HOPE Levi Bontrager Tannyr R. Davis Alexxis Owens

Zachary Kinder Dillon A. Redding Mason J. Rhen HUNTINGBURG Mitchell A. Carter Jonnel S. Miranda Price A. Painter Mila A. Vernon HUNTINGTON Margaret E. Bent Alexondrya M. Black Jaclyn F. Boyd Katrianna M. Cotant Melanie A. Gradeless Kenadie L. Jones Andrew J. Kaylor Braxtyn L. Maroney Mariah L. Marshall Melissa A. O’Connor Rylie K. Shipbaugh Ethan T. Smart Dylan M. Stansell INDIANAPOLIS Boluwatife P. Adekanye Diego Aguayo Khadija A. Aidara Dante T. Alexander Brett W. Alford Safia N. Alim William F. Allen Hannah N. Anderson Natalie J. Anderson Colin S. Andretti Dejahne A. Andrews Jaylin S. Angel Lucy E. Arbuckle Isabella A. Arguello Jennifer Arroyo Mary Sawua Asante Imisioluwa Ayoola-Ladapo Bryce M. Baker Jacqueline J. Baker Diego A. Balseca Nina Banks Maya R. Barber Ayman N. Barkat

MEET THE CLASS OF 2022 Although he is from Indianapolis, it took freshmen Duncan Mclarty a trip to New York City to decide to be a Cardinal.

As the editor-in-chief of his school’s newspaper, Mclarty had the opportunity to go to the Big Apple with a professor who was

receiving an award for journalism teacher of the year.

“I met with a few journalism teachers in NYC at a dinner with a friend and teacher and that sealed the deal,” McIarty said.

In addition to studying marketing, Mclarty

Brooke A. Barkley Micah L. Bass Kennedy Batts Sydni N. Baughman Kenzi M. Bekiares Alan C. Belmont Victoria D. Benedetto Austin C. Benner Jacob E. Bering Joshua T. Birnbaum Taiye A. Black Dustin D. Blankenship Hailey B. Boger Erin M. Boomershine James L. Boso Emily A. Boudrot Zachariah M. Boulanger Assata R. Bowens Hera D. Boyd Brittan B. Brady Lauren M. Brizzi Deadrianna Brooks Cobe N. Brown Erica A. Brown Kpanea D. Brown Tyler M. Brown Gabrielle B. Brummett Brice N. Buels Samantha M. Burk Zachary T. Burkhardt Samuel F. Burrell Emma G. Burris Kirsten N. Burris Vernita Burton Noah J. Bush Jesse N. Bye Shania D. Byrd Kearra D. Calhoun Shelby A. Calhoun Joshua A. Cecil Nicholas J. Ceglio Jeleah F. Cheesebourough Connor R. Cherba Donald R. Clark Cerena D. Clarke Katelyn M. Coldiron Jarron L. Coleman Joseph M. Conte Alyssa Cooper

Brenna R. Cope Daysha C.. Copeland Colleen F. Coram Lauren J. Cottingham Alexis G. Craft Allizae Crayton Steven M. Crossen Timoria J. Cunningham Diamond J. Curry Grace K. Dam Isaiah R. Dandridge Daion L. Daniels Elijah Darden Katherine J. Darlage Hannah E. Darst Camesia O. Davidson Dalen N. Davis Ra-Najah J. Davis Ziair Davis Amberly J. Day Raven L. Dearman LaNiyah D. Denny Zachary D. Desimone Merari Diaz Adrianne C .Dorsch Vermeesha C. Downs Kameron A. Dreesen Emiko J. Easley Trinity Eckerty Kennedy E. Edwards Makenna L. Eisenhut Rachel Ekwerike Thomas H. Ellars Christina G. Ellett Samuel J. Elliott Mary J. Engle Sara A. Englert Kendall I. English Richard W. English Sarah Enoruyi Justine M. Estes Hannah L. Fehr Chloe R. Fellwock Kaelan P. Fifer Dakota S. Fisher Max A. Fleischauer Destini R. Floyd Meghan E. Forgey Jordan C. Foth

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will join the swim team.

“My education definitely came first but it certainly was a huge perk,” McIarty said.

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Samantha L. Keevil Miamone’ D. Kelly Jazmyne Keyes Radwan S. Khatib Nia C. Kimbrough Alyssa A. Klingstein Colton S. Knoblett Erika L. Koepfer Benjamin C. Koester Ameliah C. Kolp Adelaja I. Koudou David A. Kurzendoerfer Chancey M. Lambert Zachary B. Lane Aliah A. Laurie Jonathan H. Le Amaya T. LeBlanc Jerran A. Leakes Margaret M. Lengerich Alexander M. Lepsky Madisyn R. Lester Breon D. Lewis Camron A. Lexa Hannah M. Lindsey Justine F. Ling Patrick J. Lopez Rayven N. Lopez Krystyana M. Love Austin M. Lundsford Hannah R. Luster William R. Mables Brigid A. Maguire Heaven R. Major Jeremiah L. Maltee Grace T. Mappes Annaliese M. Marcum Andreyana V. Martin Rem T. Mawi Mark A. Maxwell Alicia N. May Grace A. Mc Guire Rachel M. McCreary Dakota D. McDonald McKalynn K. McGee Duncan E. McLarty Jennifer A. Mcgowen Austin M. Mcintosh Patrick M. Mcmanama Thomas D. Meador Amaya N. Meas Daisy C. Mendoza Ketoren N. Mendoza Erika L. Mennonno Carmen I. Meyer Kaylor Mickle Emily M. Miller Kollin L. Miller Elijah D. Mitchell Jayden C. Mitchell Natalie J. Monroe Tristan W. Montgomery Adrianna J. Moore Alia G. Moore Shelby N. Moore Antonio C. Morris John C. Mosher Shane P. Moylan Nian S. Muang Fiona B. Mulcahy Mariah Mundy McKenzie M. Mundy

Mackinnon D. Murphy Vinson S. Naum Annamarie R. Neighbours Jacob M. Noble Jashona R. Nunley Chukwuemeka Jillani Ogakwu Michael L. Okerson Macy K. Oller Megan K .Olson Anna K. Osborne Edmund D. Osburn Alexis K. Padgett Emily M. Painter Catherine S. Parker Deante A. Parrish Laura N. Patterson Jamisin G. Paul Christopher A. Penick Kaitlyn R. Perez Naomi A. Phillips Shelby J. Pine Emma N. Pippin Alexis C. Pitchford Hannah L. Pope Madison D. Potts Damiana J. Powell Peyton A. Powell Mara B. Puckett Montajia L. Quinn Julia G. Quirino Jesus E. Ramos Thomas O. Rasaki Tahj T. Reeves Tyler J. Renschen Liliana E. Reyes Taylor D. Richards Caroline E. Richardson Cayla M. Richardson Brianna M. Richter Sierra L. Rimmer Ashley D. Rimmert Jiale M. Ritter Ciara C. Rivera Cheyanne Robbins Lauren R. Robinson Erik M. Rodriguez Giovanny Romero Deshawn L. Roper Katie E. Rorwick Victor M. Rosado Clayton E. Rose Jacob W. Rosner William J. Roth Lyndsey M. Rudolf Amaza L. Rudolph Paige E. Rush Garrett E. Russell Breanna N. Saltsman Nicholle Sanders Ricky Sanders Antonio Saucedo Domnik D. Saunders Rebecca M. Schaefer Jensen Schall Anthony R. Schott Andrew J. Schuller Megan A. Scott Maniya K. Seals Anna K. Sego Devin A. Selvaag Sophia J. Sergi

Daija N. Shannon Arianna C. Sharp Alexis R. Shields Caleb G. Short Theresa N. Shull Julie Simison Kyler L. Simmons Kandice S. Sims Brittany K. Slack Hayley L. Slavens Nia A. Smith Samantha M. Smith Theoden M. Smith Jamison J. Snyder Catherine Soto Lozada Scott R. Speiser Bryanna M. Sperry Adam J. Stachel Ramon A. Stallings Tristan W. Stecenko Keegan A. Stein Benjamin E. Steiner Kristin J. Steiner Mary Stempky Bradley W. Stephens Cartier B. Stewart Madison I. Stone Sarah R. Stoutamyer James W. Stueve Breanna R. Summers Jada A. Swanigan Goliday Kaley M. Taylor Morgan C. Taylor Mikayla M. Tedrow Lal L. Thang Alexius M. Thomas Danai E .Thomas Joseph S. Thomas Kaylyn R. Thomas Allex G. Thompson Kayleigh R. Timmons Carl W. Torrence Alma J. Torres Christine Torres Destiny R. Turman Jaylen A. Turner Morgan F. Turner Zoe A. Vance Chelsey L. Vaughn Eric E. Vester Francesca R. Viglietta Noah E. Viles Rylee M. Wade Theophilus D. Wade Xavier M. Walls Faith A. Warner Abigail G. Warren Malorie Weisenbach Jamie E. Wells Jared R. Westcott Selena M. Whatley Dakota L. White Samuel J. White Amil-Lion L. Wilburn Bryce Wilkey Haylee Williams Nykasia A. Williams Saviona M. Williams Tiana M. Williams Antoine D. Wilson Cheyanne R. Wims

Chloe M. Winston Aaliyah C. Winters Luke C. Woempner Robert E. Worden Olivia M. Wright Alexia Y. Young Sara P. Zimmerman Jett D. Zweigel INGALLS Jordan P Byerly JASONVILLE Benjamin J Waggoner JASPER Alexandria E. Arthur Madison A. Cooley Andrew J. Gadlage Maggie W. Getzin Emma J. Grow Ashley Haskins Ashleigh J. Kleiman Lianna F. Shepard Carson S. Vaal JEFFERSONVILLE Jacob P. Carr Estefania N. Garcia Samuel B. Gatewood Ethan P. Hartsfield Jonathan A. Martinez Kyla B. Mitchell Jason L. Monihon Naviyah R. Porter Brennan E. Schansberg JONESBORO Candace R. Bartholomew KEMPTON Leah M. Hensley KENDALLVILLE Matthew J. Demchak Monserath S. Gloria Carissa N. Gruszczyk Joshua Martin Lydia L. Platt Zachary N. Taylor KEWANNA Holley A. Hoff KINGSFORD HEIGHTS Mckenzie N. Jacobs KIRKLIN Jacob R. Schuller Samantha M. Seifert Ashley G. Speitel KNIGHTSTOWN Emma R. Carmichael Mason B. Carmichael Nathan A. Evans Eva L. Hatcher Kaitlynn R. McIntyre Elaine N. Suesz Jared D. Wasson Lauren K. Wineman

KNOX Brendon D. Binkley Kooper W. Broeker Victoria M. Bulick Aubrie E. Burns Emily N. Eberhardt Allison J. Minix Alexandra S. Radtke Austin Risner Alyssa J. Smith Haley N. VanVolkenburg KOKOMO Andrew J. Ashburn Madeline M. Barber Maia G. Campbell Audrey L. Condon Laura N .Conrad Jordyn L. Edwards Garrett N. Evans Carmen E. Gorsuch Bailey E. Johnson Cameron A. Johnson Rebekah J. Jordan Henry W. Lerche Anthony J. Macaluso Nathan M. Phan Nathan C. Pine Zachary M. Rodgers Jessica D. Shumaker Olivia M. Smith Dylan T. Stahl Julia M. Tharp Lauren E. Tuchscherer Alexander J. Ward Jan Wasmuth Sameera F. Williams Jane M. Worley KOUTS Sarah Clinton LA FONTAINE Jessica M. Coffelt Allen J. Warren LA PORTE Kameron E. Browder Jordyn E. Caviggiola Connor D. Donaldson Emily A. Gesino Morgan B. Goodrich Andrew B. Halaschak Megan J. Huss Kasandra G. Kubit Kaelyn A. Leach LAGRANGE Claire M. Lemon LAFAYETTE Hallee D. Acree Ade O. Azikwe Natalie J. Boyer Eric Brown Allyson N. Butler Anna J. Call Matthew J. Cepeda Alexander J. Clauson

William A. Crider Eavan E. Dahl Austin G. Elliott Sofia Gallo Logan G. Gary Caleb M. Haines Jaylin N. Hair Emily C. Hicks Malia A. Hutton Isabella V. Julian Kelsey J. Kincanon Drew T. Lane Kelbi D. Lear Clayton A. Lecain-Guffey Patrick J. Lee Indiana R. Morning Victoria D. Mullen Elizabeth R. Pruim Thomas E. Ropp Alexander J. Schendel Madison N. Small Nathan A. Stansbury Aiden E. Sutton Paedra Tabor Faith M. Wilhelm LAKE STATION Allison E. Abila Josie G. Babcock Brooke M. Hardin LAKE VILLAGE Madison Merriman LAKEVILLE Bailey D. Bourdon LAOTTO Cameron J. Crick LAPEL Abigail L. Benzenbauer Lauren R. Franklin Chance L. Green Laurana H. King LAPORTE Braiden Arnett Chandler E. Banic Christian N. Ferrara Austin L. Haferkamp Elizabeth L. King Genevieve E. McClure Drayson D. Nespo Alejandra I. Puentes Kendra E. Vanderstar LARWILL Jacqueline M. Werstler LAUREL Erica R. Logan Daniel J. Reed LAWRENCEBURG Mary A. Brand Jonathan P. Elza Jonathan R. Evans Zachary E. Francis Chase G. Martin Emily G. Seward

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LEBANON Danielle N. Abner Logan K. Achor Riley L. Bean Natalee H. Benavides Brooke N. Cummins Nicholas W. Dafoe Elizabeth M. Hendricks Benjamin D. Johnson Nancy V. Martinez Richard J. McGee Nicholas J. Nelson John C. Parks Sarah N. Perez Katlynn Pletcher Cali S. Pollard Treven W. Popplewell LEESBURG Amanda B. Foy Will J. McGarvey Brett M. Willaman LEO Jacob S. Byler Keianna C. Mcgettigan Ashlyn N. Neff LEWISVILLE Morgan L. Carter LIBERTY Austin M. Bowling Tristan M. Gayhart Lillian E. Myers Ryleigh E. Thompson LIGONIER Brock P. Bohde Draven Rasler Maria D. Villanueva Marcus R. Weimer Brianna R. Yankey LINTON Geoffrey M. Gentry LIZTON Alexandria M. Bell LOGANSPORT Lane A. Denny Morrigan L. Kabat Morgan D. Kelley Clarissa J. Luna Bryce A. Muller Cassidy B. Ward LONG BEACH Elizabeth R. Devens LOOGOOTEE Adam C. Greene LOSANTVILLE Destini A. Decker Megan G. Hilbert LOWELL Noah A. Durr Faith R. Miramontes

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LUCERNE Haleigh C. Sweet LYNN Molly T. Hunt Makenzie C. Phenis Hannah N. Ridgeway Gabrielle M. Wilson MACY Ethan J. Duff Josie M. Marcum MADISON Lillian J. Boone Trenton K. Colber Alicia M. Dean Lesley K. Reverman Samantha E. Shaw MARION Adriana R. Aleman Tretin J. Alvarez Austin J. Cole Greer E. Decker Alex W. Flores Taylor M. Gillespie Isaiah L. Goodman Alicia A. Guillen Paige N. Herring Keegan A. King Maximilian Lima Noah E. McBee Isaac M. Pearson Mia S. Pennington Kendra J. Quill Sierra R. Thornburgh Morgan N. Wallace Taleia G. Wells Dante D. Whitton Shakila R. Wingo MARKLE Lauren E. Lipp Connor A. Mccabe Emily Zeddis MARKLEVILLE Zachary T. Burkett

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Kelsi N. Lawyer Cameron D. Thomas MARTINSVILLE Lindsay N. Byrer Me’Shelle P. Carter Rachel M. Clayborn Brody H. Dahl Jeffrey S. Fleener Cameron L. Grant Jessica M. Grant Madelyn M. Guinn Ann L. Keister Laiha J. Lane Josey L. Lynn Lauren R. McDonough MaKayla N. Murray Clare A. Peine Jade A. Schubert Zachary D. Speer Cameron R. Thomas Adeline S. White Hannah R. Yates Savannah D. Yates MARYSVILLE Nolan R. Abell MATTHEWS Hanna M. Haynes Hazel D. Moore MCCORDSVILLE Carson A. Bradley Shelby L. Cradick Laura M. Denk Holly S. Haney Maxwell D. Heitman Lauryn S. Hunt William M. Kalvaitis Adam T. Lackey Rebekah J. Love Madeline J. Martin Steven J. Miller Emma H. Moeller Stephen P. Pipes Lennie M. Reeves Mallory P. Ross Sydney A. Sloan Bryan A. Taylor-Austin

Asha T. Watkins Amanda M. Wiggins Nathanial L. Williams MEDARYVILLE Gavin C. Fletcher Karsen E. Pych Zoe R. Yockey MENTONE Lilee A Caudill MERRILLVILLE Maliq J. Cherry Czaria B. Freeman Asia J. Gray Tiffany L. Mason Lauren A. Pryle William A. Smith Roy A. Wood METAMORA Marie A Werner MICHIGAN CITY Parker B. DePalma Chandler J. Goodwin Khalilah O. Lewis Kyle R. McGrew Taylor A. Ridle MIDDLEBURY Cassandra L. Huys Samantha R. Long MIDDLETOWN Mackenzie V. Decker Garrett R. Goyette Jackson D. Goyette Christian D. Howe Connor P. Jamison Hannah N. Jessup MILAN Kyle P. Kline MILLERSBURG Justin E. Beachey MILROY

Errick W. Hayes MISHAWAKA Zackary T. Balbo Alexis M. Carr Samuel J. Clark Jordan A. Earl Tyler T. Eskridge Austin M. Hunsberger Nick A. Johnson Nicholas J. Kruger Zoe E. Little-Wishmeier Tailer F. Pangallo Ashley R. Russo Jacob J. Taff Raigan E. Webster MITCHELL Hannah L. Moore MONON Marena N. Garrett MONROE Grant A. Small MONROEVILLE Grace E. Castleman MONROVIA Seth A. Belcher Marion K. Creager Meghan A. Johnson Elizabeth R. Whitney MONTICELLO Griselda Cruz Orion A. Harker Maria R. Mecklenburg Easton M. Minthorn Hannah G. Newlin Blain A. Reynolds Kayleigh B. Tomlinson MONTPELIER Emily E. Howell Haley E. Howell Jamie E. Howell Charlize A. Perkins

MOORELAND Rebekah L. Conwell MOORES HILL Sydney N. Yoe MORRESVILLE Noah S. Bannister Nicole A. Belton Victoria L. Belton Elizabeth R. Johnson William H. Ongay Grace E. Pollard Kaylen E. Underhill Parker J. Webster MORGANTOWN Alexander Carney MORRISTOWN Shade J. Bridgford Machaela D. Skaggs Patience M. Wood MOUNT PLEASANT Christopher T. Bybee MOUNT SUMMIT David K. Brewer Kamryn N. Ward MOUNT VERNON Isabella G. Sims MULBERRY Lauren N. Kollar MUNCIE Cade C. Ashley Brian J. Ault Katherine R. Baker Shayna G. Barton Kylee T. Batt Natalie E. Beach Emily C. Bechdolt Tristan T. Bell Angelena D. Blackwell Matthew S. Bogle Hannah G. Brooks Jasmin M. Brown Nathan M. Brown

Trevan J. Brown Ryan C. Buckner Briana N. Burton Kesean M. Bynum Allana M. Campbell Alexis A. Carlson Rebekah J. Carpenter Chykera C. Carr Claire E. Close Samantha K. Cole Kassandra M. Conner Trevor D. Cool Christopher C. Davis Keegan L. Dean Ryan C. Deboy Kyle R. Dosch Abigail M. Dotson Stella J. East Karleigh E. Emrick Taylor M. Estep Danika J. Flick Faith E. Flick Maxwell M. Furnish Aaron T. Garrett Tiffany M. Goldsworthy Emma J. Gray Isaac N. Griffis Drake A. Hall Hadassah C. Harris Benjamin P. Hershey Beckett M. Hochstetler Caden R. Huston Renoni S. Irons Brooke L. Jackson Kaylie M. James Alec D. Johnson Bryce D. Johnston Steven C. Johnston Krystal A. Jolly Abigail R. Jones Sean R. Keane Alec T. Keating Jordan B. Key Mubasher Khan Timothy W. Kordyl Hailey N. Lambertson Avery L. Langdon Paul T. Lee Noah R. Lingle Camille R. Lykins

Natalie E. Maloney Bryn A. Marlow Reagan L. Martin Grace E. Masters Anne M. McClain Kathleen J. Mcgarvey Makenzie R. Metcalfe Sally Miller Jacob A. Mitchell Cyrus T. Morey Bailey L .Morgan Marshall D. Morgan Emily J. Murdock Gavin C .Musick Stephanie C. Ndu Megan L. Neal Olivia C. Neff Seth A. New Brady R. O’Brien Maizie D. Osborn Bailey M. Planton Anna-Danielle M. Polk Hannah M. Quirk Brittney A. Rheaume Catherine H. Ridley Danyale K. Samuels Taylor A. Shaw Mohammed H. Shohatee Astra N. Sisson Robert J. Smith Andrew K. Stephenson Jakob M. Stephenson Aerionna M. Strahan Ethan J. Talbot Grace R. Teague Calli R. Thompson Rheonon A. Tilley Brian C. Townsend Martina J. Trego Zachary S. Trimble Nathan E. Truax Abigail E. Turner Mason C. Turner Jeana M. Twitchell Noah D. Waechter Breann N. Waters Shayna D. Webb Cameron D. Webber Reagan M. White Jenna M. Whittenburg

MEET THE CLASS OF 2022 Max Becker committed to Ball State without ever visiting campus, or even traveling through the Crossroads of America.

Becker, who is from Charlotte, North Carolina, said the Hoosier hospitality he felt from friends he made during college

auditions for a variety of musical theater schools led him to choosing Ball State.

With over 500 miles between the two cities, Becker said a key part of his trust in Ball State was the community he felt without ever stepping foot on campus.

Olivia A. Whittenburg Katrice N. Wilbanks Brittany M. Wills Nathaniel R. Witty Jasmine M. Wood Joshua C. Wood Joshua A. Wright MUNSTER Nicole E. Biel Alexandra P. Campbell Carsyn K. Delooff Maya D. Galvez Gavin M. Hamilton Jake T. Hemingway Xavier R. Unzueta NORTH MANCHESTER Inola M. Slone NAPPANEE Trenton E. Callihan Bryce J. Clouse Lane A. Flowers NASHVILLE Elijah V. Roush Leah M. Tucker NEW ALBANY Jordan M. Becker Charles W. Braden Ngozi Eze Sydney T. Fawcett Thomas L. Filmer Kayejuan A. Forte Ashley A. Gipe Benjamin M. Hettler Elizabeth G. Hop Paul W. Kaiser Travis D. Miller Chelsea E. Nevil Levacy R. Quinn Enya Uchral NEW CARLISLE Taylor M. Boisvert Chloe E. Groves Addyson M. Keszei Elaina M. Kobitz Alissa B. Raby

Max Becker BFA in Musical Theater

“I really talked to students and faculty already at Ball State, as well as incoming freshman,” Becker said. “It was really great and I felt welcomed.”

7 1 08.16.18 Bailey P. Travis Maggie L. Updike Nicholas J. Wilson Bailee R. Wolfenbarger NEW CASTLE Tanner D. Alfrey Jacob A. Blevins Macy E. Boyd Jordan A. Brickler Joseph G. Buchmeier Alison E. Byers Seth M. Carter Kaitlynn E. Cary Skylar L. Clark Emily G. Coy Matthew I. Dickerson Grant J. Guffey Margaret E. Guffey Tiffany P. Gwinn Hallie A. Hamm Kailey C. Harless Riley H. Hernandez Trajan L. Hines Katelin D. Holaday Tyler D. Jarrett Elijah M. Pierson Jarred W. Porter Benjamin P. Smith Steven D. Smith Gabriela J. Sorrell Bailey S. Thompson William J. Thurlow Marissa M. Williams Nicholas B. Wilson Keldyn L. Young NEW HARMONY Brian D. Suttles NEW HAVEN Jeffrey A. Dubbelde Zackary D. Gross Bailey Hunter Aaron W. Lau Curt A. Lomont Teya B. Martinez Keleigh A. Rodriguez Casey E. Woodfill NEW PALENSTINE Brett A. Buck Seth M. Buis Evan M. Duffy Alexa M. Dundich-Mitchell Kara V. Durham Wesley J. Franklin Wyatt J. Hamilton Jacob K. Hobbs Kimberly A. Ingold James M. Little Jaxon T. Manes Nicholas R. Martin Zoey E. Norman Austin M. Popp Danielle S. Romoser Elizabeth A. Roudebush Duncan W. Sweet NEW PARIS Brock J. Wright Domingo J. Ruiz

NEW ROSS Emily N. West NEW WASHINGTON Pauleina D. Brunnemer NEW WHITELAND Victoria L. Petriskey NEWBURGH Molly E. Durham Nicolaus A. Edwards Emma C. Jones Riley E. Jones Brianna R. Kempf Caroline M. Reel Tara N. Williamson NINEVEH Madalyn A Allen NOBLESVILLE Saul I. Acosta Jack W. Adams Grant G. Alexander Holyn A. Alexander Anna C. Allgier Kathryn R. Avery Abbigail L. Ayers Hunter J. Beale Aaron K. Brewer Brandon L. Bzdyl Isaac W. Carcare Olivia E .Carlstedt Ethan Case Jessica B. Chapin Delainee M. Clark Izabelle J. Cleland Katherine J. Conrad Christian A. Corrao Kameron J. Courtney Jaelyn M. Dorsey Chad A. Douglas Christian T. DuBois Kayla A. Dube Chad R. Eberhardt Benjamin T. Eger Nicholas Finta Nicholas R. Fischer Cassie L. Fitzgerald Taylor L. Flook Rebecca A. Foerder Jessica K. Frost Matthew E. Furiak Garrison E. Gamble Katie A. Gamble Elizabeth A. Gardner Daniel R. Grindean William J. Hampton Dallyss D. Hamrick Grace E. Harris Zoe Hartman Alexandra M. Hayes Ethan M. Holland Caleb E. Horsman Chanie M. Hoyt Chad A. Hutson Alejandro E. Ibanez Bret B. Irving Ally G. James Callie J. Jessee

Megan M. Jessup Priscilla A. Johnson Greer R. Johnston Madalyn C. Judah Remy A. Kirk Andrew W. Kissel Alec Kosla Travis R. Kreutzer Sara O. Leatherberry Brianna R. Lopez Kayla Lorenzo Amelia R. Lynas Abigail E. Margroff Luke D. Martin Grace D. Mathew Brianna G. McBride Lily M. McCormick Brynn Meister Kevin M. Meyer Carson P. Nickels Paul H. Novosel Phillip A. Oechsle Jonathon M. Osgood Ashley R. Osweiler Ava M. Peterson Elliora M. Piguet Lillith A. Piguet Ethan E. Ping Seth C .Pope Sarah D. Puller McKenzie S. Rajski Cameron E. Ritz Victoria K. Rodd Andrew M. Rose Cameron D. Sawochka Elijah J. Scisney Allison D. Smith Jacob E. Smith Brayden Sparks Elliott M. Street Sydney V. Thompson Emma C. Thornton Nadia L. Tillman Nicholas P. Toby Mya K. Tolliver Lauryn N. Tooley Morgan A. Upton Abigail M. VanMeter Claire E. Verboncoeur Jason A. Verdeyen Lauren N. Ward Michael R. Webster Connor R. Wiesenauer Brandon J. Wright Haley N. Yeary NORTH LIBERTY Cabralin A. Hooten Maddison M. Ziolkowski NORTH MANCHESTER Mya N. Carter Kerigan D. Hatfield NORTH SALEM Hannah J Fretz NORTH VERNON Amanda G. Gullion Kaila P. Harmon Elizabeth M. Maschino

Alexa M. McKinney NORTH WEBSTER Madelyne E. Bradley Kyndall B. Fisher Cameron R. Ulrey OAKLAND CITY Hannah L. Wilkison OLDENBURG Jillian M. Eckstein Dana R. Fledderman ORA Taylor N. Thomas ORESTES Maria R. Seltzer OSCEOLA Makenna M. Bottorff Curtis G. Cornell Justyn J. Fox Mollie M. Gettig Brayden A. Hayes Daniel G. Hazen Mason M. Plummer Annabelle R. Riley Mikaela G. Ritzler Adrianna G. Waldron Jessica R. Walker OSGOOD Jennifer R. Karr OSSIAN Ireland M. Connett Isabel C. Crawfis Hayden J. Emrah Charles L. Hacker Tyler D. Kuntz OXFORD Arianna M. Haniford Kayli N. Loflin PALMYRA Avery A. Blocker Sebastian G. Ivers PAOLI Haley M. Roach PARKER Adrien M. Lore PARKER CITY Justin T. Austerman Casey C. Conatser Xayvier R. Curtis Meghan E. Gillespie Abigail M. McGrath Aubrey E. Norris Samantha L. Roderick Kinzie S. Williams PENDLETON Kayla D. Barton Anna A. Bettner

Gabrielle G. Clark Curtis P. Clemmons Olivia R. Conner Preston B. Dixon Jonathon A. Glodon Savannah B. Hawhee Gabriella M. Huffman Walker E. Humphrey Chloe L. Kincade Nathan B. Marks Madisen D. Martin Abigail J. Matthews Lyric K. Miller Asia M. Mitchem Taylor N. Nepsa Kaitlyn S. Saunders Samuel R. Sherman Justin M. Shupe Haylie J. Stephenson Natalie A. Taylor Mason T. Washer Maya F. Watt Douglas E. Weinert Emily K. Wills PERU Deidre M. Bradley Rosalie C. Buckley Cody G. Carson Haleigh J. Degrow Madison R. Price Madison E. Ramsell PETERSBURG Breana C. Cowan Sydney M Nolan PIERCETON Stephanie E Baughman Brooke Whitaker PIMENTO Benjamin G Christner PITTSBORO Anthony J Kahl PLAINFIED Courtney E. Bruhn Jay J. Couch Gabrielle E. Cutshaw Lauren M. Desroches Margaret M. Evens William B. Ezell Amy K. Fox Louis H. Jackson Emma G. Kersey Dakota I. McNeil Dawson I. McNeil Payton R. Moulder Michael J. Pappas Connor S. Paterniti Jacob L. Pettyjohn Connor R. Stinson Elijah J. Walker Leah Wurtzel Erica N. Yoho PLEASANT LAKE Danielle A. Keresztes

PLYMOUTH Jordan M. Ball Crystal Brown Samuel Carroll Cortni N. Cook Christin J. Davidson Anna C .Hite Garret M. May Liam P. McLochlin Jillian P. Miller Gunnar T. Rains Lexi M. Ramirez Cadin D. Rose PONETO Jessica M Yencer PORTAGE Aeslin K. Alsman Hope L. Anderson Jacob J. Breault Braxton A. Brewer Haleigh D. Brokaw Matthew R. Chappell Lea A. DeYoung Steffanie M. Figueroa Peri A. Fiscus Trenton L. Haraminac Jackelyne Medrano Zachary T. Nugent Jacob B. Smith Mary R .Yong PORTER Hannah M Mc Ilree PORTLAND Isabel M. Alicea Lindsey E. Ayala Alexandra R. Bader Joseph W. Bailey Adam M. Burk Jasmine M. Carpenter Amanda L. Ferguson Payton R. Heniser Kaylee N. Inman Ian B. James Gabrielle C. Kunkler Sydnee B. Lee Hannah N. Link Nina G. McShane Briana M. Muhlenkamp Jordan A. Stultz RAMSEY Claire M. Sieg REDKEY Trent A. Fullenkamp Dustin H. Minnick Nathan A. Yates REELSVILLE Alysha J. Nichols RENSSELAER Bryce Crews Whitney M. Hoeferlin RICHMOND

Grace A. Arndt Taylor M. Burden Morgan E. Edelman Emily J. Fouche Lindsey N. Griffin Hunter P. Kirkland Larsen C. Lindsey Ashlen R. Mauller Tate B. McClain Lawrence F. McCracken Alexandra N. McFarland Logan J. Miller Megan T. Stevens Kennedy T. Villanueva Makaila N. Wade Rebekah E. Williams Kelsey A. Woodruff Nicole K. Yates RIDGEVILLE Alexander B. Brown Allison C. Smiley ROANN Abigale M Courtney Jordan P Hicks ROANOKE Hollyn K. Anderson Gabrielle E. Carsten Caleb M. Dluzak Bryce P. Johnson Mackenzie G. LeStrange Andres A. Miranda-Reyes Allison N. Thackrey Vali M. Thilmont ROCHESTER Abigail M. McCarter ROCKVILLE Zoe M. Hagymasi Cierra S. Kouns ROLLING PRAIRIE Chiana L. Nichols Cody M. Weller ROME CITY Chevy R. Wright ROSSVILLE Stephanie M. Bushfield Darian M. Hrdlicka Andrea R. Longenecker Hannah J. McCleskey Grace M. Williams ROYAL CENTER Raebecca M. Hutsell Megan D. Nice RUSHVILLE James E. Cregar Riley H. Sheehan RUSSIAVILLE Ethan M. Carman Clayton S. Grider Jenna R. Seaman Ryan J. Watkins

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SAINT JOE Audrey E. Schiffli Jeffery W. Stepp SAINT JOHN Samantha R. Bredar Joseph F. Guarino Claire J. Kijewski Kevin P. O’Brien Jordan T. Olson Anna C. Weir Alec W. Yakubik Caleb Zapata SALEM Tyasia L. Gant Katelyn D. Gibson Devan J. Smith SARATOGA Trestan A. Enis SCHERERVILLE Jailee B. Acevedo Hayley A. Curran Ayah Z. Eid Samantha A. Gallas Jessica M. Kiefor Daniel B. Lytton Vincent A. Malan Samuel W. Miller Kristen L. Mirabelli Tatiana A. Newell Joseph T. Ohara Alison N. Perry Kaitlyn A. Perry Hannah M. Sako SCOTTSBURG Peyton F. Baker SELLERSBURG Catherine W. Brizendine Nicholas E. Broady Emily N. Carr Elizabeth N. Ransom Eden E. Wirth SELMA Makayla Bedwell Nathan C. Brant Dacey M. Gibson Brandt J. Karnes John P. Moynihan Jessi M. Toliver SEYMOUR Bailey K. Goben Jodi Goecker Rossie E. Jones Dustin L. Morris Freedom C. Smith Kaylyn R. Stidham Jenna M. Thomas Jason A. Walker Kellsye G. Warner Abigail N. Wheeler SHARPSVILLE Luke G Baird

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SHELBURN Elizabeth O Fisher SHELBYVILLE Jaymond Armstrong Emily Bramasco Samantha R. Chambers Elizabeth M. Crosby Grace O. DeBaun Avylin J Ervine Benjamin C. Hall Victor W. Kreinhop Samuel L. Lewis Connor C. Logsdon Zashariya J. Martin Davis T. Odom Cloe E. Phares Brianna A. Rodriguez Samantha E. Watson SHERIDAN Tabitha S. Allen Lillian T. Barker Sydney N. Beechboard Hannah J. Clark Olivia C. Daugherty Emily I. Dodd Emma J. Hamilton James R. Hopkins Madison Molden Sydney R. Neff Sharlie R. Price Audrey N. Reed Kelsie R. Ricci Sean A. Weitzel Ella M. Zumbaugh SHIRLEY Emily K. Ebbert Lucas A. Moore SILVER LAKE Lillian E. Dwyer Kelsey N. Justice SOLSBERRY Casey B. Mitchell

SOUTH BEND Kristoffer J. Austin

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Robert M. Beal Kayla E. Beitler Bailey D. Carlson Abigail J. Crothers Hailey R. Davila Colin A. Davis Asian E. Dawning Jaleel Dotson Jon C. Dudkowski Peyton C. Emmons Alexander S. Farmwald Kara A. Foldesi Haylea S. Girst Lauren M. Green Dillyn W. Hansen Patrck J. Hardig Quinn C. Harmacinski Shelby L. Harrod Eugene N. Hoath Shelby M. Houghton Quinten J. Howard Payton D. Johnson Jerkeris D. Jones Natalie M. Klima Samuel F. Laudeman Molly F. Lindzy Maurice L. Manuel Brandon A. Martens Mara E. Medors Julia A. Miller Taryn L. Muhammad Elizabeth Nguyen Brandi N. Osthimer Austin J. Ottman Daniel M. Paulino-Salazar Dylan Rankin Kelli L. Schmatz Teegan N. Schmidt Arianna F. Sergio Kevin K. Sholley Ciera N. Silva Mitchell P. Simmons Darrin M. Sims Quantrel D. Stewart Amanda L. Stone Rico Swanson Marisa M. Tafelski Trevor N. Teumac Curtis W. Trent Kayla M. Vankirk

Corey M. Warner SOUTH WHITELY Brianna R. Reeves SPEEDWAY Hiuber A. Ruiz SPICELAND Lauren M. Bouslog Austin R. Fowler SPRINGPORT Timothy J. Blevins Maria E. Brown STAR CITY Seth D. Moon STILESVILLE Andrea E. Eageny STRAUGHN Ashlyn E. Garland Kelsey L. Tharp SULLIVAN Jaydon R. Van Sant SUMMITVILLE Jenna M. Watters SUNMAN Olivia C. Allen Heather M. Bender Keegan E. Gindling Constance E. Walker SWAYZEE Alexis R. Bever SWEETSER Bryndan A. Highers SYRACUSE Josie R. Armstrong Tessa S. Freel Jordan J. Geyer Adriene M. Gill Jake A. Kaufman

Isaac J. Kipfer Spencer A. Naugler Carson C. Yoder TELL CITY Courtney A. Berger Patricia L. Esarey Mariah L. Klueh Brenna C. Swaney TERRE HAUTE Lauranna Boone Sharaya J. Cook Justin Earley Carina M. Elder Cierra K. Evans Kaylee J. Ferguson Emily M. Houser Greta M. Pfaff Sarah M. Rozmin Evan E. Shrader Samuel B. Smith THORNTOWN Dalton W. Brown Katherine M. Collins Samuel D. Freeman Merrill G. Gourley Talyn A. Guinn Riley S. Reagan TIPTON Caleb R. Boswell Ethan G. Chandler Cayleigh C. Malson Trenton A. Seward TOPEKA Serenity K. Corlett Allison M. Janik Jairo J. Mojica Marcus D. Yoder TRAFALGAR Wesley T. Rowles Katrine P. Vorhies TRAIL CREEK Olivia M. Sims

UNION CITY Hannah E. Blankley Zachary N. Bradbury Keaton A. Collins Kahlee R. Dowler Aliyah N. Gutierrez Jason L. Hale Gabriel J. Loesch Cassandra N. Martin Mackenzie D. Neeley Trevor A. Spence Dawson A. Thornburg James C. Vincent Haley C. Whitesel Kirsten N. Winget UNION MILLS Mia S. Lebo UPLAND Andrew M. Barajas Adrianna P. Johnson Saxon C. Malonek Molly K. Taylor VALLONIA Kaylee D. Morris VALPARAISO Emma L. Adams Vivian Ballesteros Zachary T. Beatty Payton A. Belcher Ariel E. Blunk Connor J. Brinson Yasmin E. Brown Jacob R. Brys Isaiah R. Buck Rachel E. Budzielek Adrianna N. Burton Marcos L. Buslon Madisen S. Estill Asher W. Ewing Samuel J. Fortuna Caleb M. Hartman Joszlyn K. Hill Tyree Jakes Mary J. Johnson Maxwell R. Kidd Marie C. Lange

Charles M. Malachinski Maria Mamouzelos Diane C. McGovern Griffin J. Mcneil Angelynn M. Moreno Ethan M. Pape Carla M. Ramirez Hurtado Alexis T. Rogge Tyler L. Sharp Morgan A. Silhavy Zachary H. Smith Tara M. Steinhilber Olivia R. Street Emily A. Thate Isabelle D. Wheeler Ella L. Whitmore

WADESVILLE Jackson R. Lutz Conrad

Madison L. Hornung James P. Reeder

WALDRON Courtney N. Goodwin Kyleigh A. Lay

WEST HARRISON Sydney M. Carpenter

VAN BUREN Sarah E. Arnold Parker M. Barrett Kimberly S. Hodupp Bryce O. Miller

WARREN Sarah J. Kline

VEEDERSBURG Zoe S. Greene Kristin M. Searson VERSAILLES Jessica L. Moore VEVAY Gabe A. Streett VINCENNES Blake R. Brewington Abigail Haynes WABASH Kylie R. Carmichael Ryan M. Davis Nichole A. Eccles Kaitlyn M. Hashbarger Kimberly R. Hobson Kia B. Jessee Natasha Leland Madison F. Nevil Isaac M. Rutledge Alicyn O. Sheets Hallie B. Zolman

WALKERTON Kelsey L. Clady Patrick G. Stewart WALTON Jason D. Knight WANATAH Owen M. Avery

WARSAW Grisel Cisneros Claire N. Clements Jason U. Craft Hope K. Fancil Bradley S. Fletcher Emali M. Grose Austin C. Hollowell AnnaMarie Kelly Matt C. Kiphart Eliza J. Kuhn Tristan D. Larsh Isaac T. Lowe Brooklyn N. Lyon Craig J. Miner Leytan D. Perry Naomi C. Phillips Matthew E. Podemski Christian T. Raish Bryant D. Selig Conner M. Um WATERLOO Kaitlyn G. Blevins Spencer M. Geyer WAYNETOWN Logan J. Summers WEST COLLEGE CORNER

MEET THE CLASS OF 2022 Some freshman hear about Ball State through commercials, others through a friend, but one incoming student heard about the university through an episode of “The Simpsons.”

One episode of the Simpsons features a scene where the principal of Bart and Lisa’s school said he got study guides for a test

from Ball State, Dorough said. This small detail soon played a huge role in his college decision.

“I didn’t know that was an actual school because I had just moved to Indiana and then one of my friends was graduating and said they were going to Ball State and I insisted they were full of crap until I looked it up and

WEST LAFAYETTE Daniel J. Driggs Jackson Fleet Jackson K. Gillespie Jacob A. Haberstroh Colleen G. Millen Kerig Z. Siders Kendalyn S. Skiles Brielle A. Starr WESTFIELD Tayler N. Anderson Kaylie M. Bunnell Noelle G. Byrer Evan J. Coler Jackson Cruse Parker J. Dahl Samuel R. Eaton Evelyn K. Ford Caroline A. Frede Mary G. Gibboney Sierra R. Grimes Zachary G. Hacker Jackson R. Hackett Meredith R. Haskett Matthew J. Houtteman Jacob M. Lawrence Olivia M. London Trevor L. Maddox Logan Z. Mcclurg Justin T. Mcentire Jacob J. Miner Evan P. Mitchell Elisha D. Modisette Emily N. Newell Regan M. Nickel Ethan Patty Anna C. Peterson Kyle W. Peyton Clarissa E. Poston Tanner D. Rogula Sutton R. Saunders Andrew J. Skinner Kailynne G. Smith

AJ Dorough BFA in Acting

found out Ball State was real and actually a good school,” Dorough said.

After researching beyond “The Simpsons” and discovering the theatre program, Dorough decided he “wanted to be a part of it, and the rest is history.”

73 Joel C. Spangler Cassidy J. Steininger Lucas B. White Lane J. Wilson WESTPORT Jacob C. Watts WESTVILLE Victoria L Regan WHEATFIELD Robert E Poppe WHITELAND Owen V. Marten Lochlin G. Peters Michael A. Shirley Samuel L. Walls Emily F. Wolford WHITESTOWN Mary M. Brownlee Mackenna A. Davenport Angelica I. Lavergne Abigail N. Maddox WHITING Hailey E. Kramer Alexander Sobilo Kathryn E. Zavala WILKINSON Morgan T. Brooks Clayton E. Cochard WILLIAMS Kallie F. Dalheim WILLIAMSBURG Chaise Helton WINAMAC Kendra L. Furlano Ryan A. Shepherd WINCHESTER Benjamin Casillas Kelly J. Graft Jacob Lahey Jessica E. Land Jaylei M. Osting Kyle Ullom WINDFALL Shalyn L. McCorkle WINONA LAKE Evan M. Borchers WOLCOTTVILLE Ryan D. Barker Lydia A. Rang Alicia M. Walter Kaitlyn M. Yeager Woodburn Clayton D. Mcmahan YORKTOWN Aaron L. Allred

Ellen E. Arrington Madeline A. Aul Luke S. Avila Alexis M. Bartle Taylor E. Bell Joshua M. Brinkman Morgan Clock Jared E. Collins Justin D. Cox Alexis N. Detrich Jordan D. Edwards Sulliman M. Edwards Madison K. Fenton Michael T. Harris Noah C. Hensley Sabrina L. Hensley Samantha M. Hensley Olivia J. Hill Carita A. Licht Brooklyn A. Miller Athi S. Mlungwana Cheyenne M. Moore Conner D. Narramore Sebastian C. Obrian Adam M. Prybylla Pierce D. Randall Megan E. Simpson Clay M. Stinson Camden G. Townsend Connor E. Townsend Maryah K. Wilson Grace A. Witty Grant J. Witty ZANESVILLE Grace J. White ZIONSVILLE Jecinda R. Bankert Chance G. Bedford Nicholas A. Black Adam Cash Sten A. Christianson Camden A. Collings Cody L. Cooper Noah Z. Dial Savanah R. GIlliam Lauren E. Geletka Austin C. Hall Brooke A. Hall Megan R. Havlin Elizabeth G. Jolly Khadija L. Kassim Audrey Knue Emma R. Koster Amanda I. Mustaklem Benjamin D. Myers Courtney A. Nusbaum Cara R. Oquendo Helena L. Price Gabrielle F. Quick Joseph P. Ranieri Jacob M. Raymer Paeton A. Rice Kieran Shay Samuel C. Shipe Shane C. Shuler Jack R. Summers Evan C. Thompson Madeline E. Thompson Kayla L. Trowbridge

Ellie N. Vale Blake A. Whitehead

WILLMAR Esther C Grussing

Alexandra E. Norton

Krista N. Walterbusch

MISSOURI

MOORESTOWN Kyle A. Patton

COLUMBUS Jada Y. Walls

NEW YORK

COLUMBUS GROVE Dylan W. Fruchey

GODDARD Connor D. Eastburn

BLOOMFIELD HILLS John W. Paddock Jack T. Sape

MARSHALL Geneva E. Herrmann Korinne N. Winnie

KANSAS CITY Anne E. Schneider

BROWNSTOWN Jacob A. Bartolotta

MATTAWAN Ryan A. Short

OLATHE Jacob A. Bartley

CALEDONIA Rachael M. Wonders

MIDLAND Caleb Wolfe

PITTSBURG Haleigh R. Mynatt

CANTON Alexandra Y. DeRuvo

PORTAGE Jack M. Shinabarger

FENTON Lyndsie E. Mcfarlane Kelsey A. Perry

SHAWNEE Julia G. Wiest

CLINTON TOWNSHIP Kerrigan R. Johnson

FLORISSANT Corey T. Bailey Aaron K. Gregory

KENTUCKY

COHOCTAH Anna R, Zanin

QUINCY Emily G. Harmon Alycia R. Osborn REDFORD Carmia I. Lowe

KIRKWOOD Maeve B. Bradfield Adrian J. DeYong

LOUISVILLE Alexandra J. Conrad PROSPECT Haley L. Betten Caleb M. Murray

DEXTER Samantha L. Corcoran EAST LANSING Kalli M. Kerr EDWARDSBURG Hope M. Walls

TAYLOR MILL Anna G. Clephane

FARMINGTON HILLS Dylan M. Backalar

UNION Kevin J. Weber

FERNDALE Charles G. Foley

LOUISIANA

FREELAND Justin J. Plowdrey

NEW ORLEANS Yoheinz Tyler

MARYLAND COLUMBIA Maria O. Ramsey

ELKRIDGE Benjamin P. Acker LAUREL Rhea A. Bradley

GARDEN CITY Mathew D. Webb GRAND RAPIDS Nicholas C. Bethel HOLLAND Travis K. Bethke Jack S. Hendrick Duncan H. Klemm

RICHLAND Kyle M. Schmitt ROCHESTER HILLS Jericho M. Barr-Redmond Stefani R. Jackson SHELBY TOWNSHIP Benjamin V Iacona SPRING LAKE Leah M. McKenna TEMPERANCE Brandon R. Loe TROY Danyelle P. Clark TWIN LAKE Kyla B. Cross WEST BLOOMFIELD Ky’Lie K. Garland-Yates WESTLAND Devion D. Ross

HOLT Emma L. Heft Jacob E. Huston

ZEELAND Ellyn E Purnell

ADA Lauren E Andrews

HOWELL John T Weatherly

MINNESOTA

ANN ARBOR Kelsey R. Charnetski Theresa M. Ignatoski Tatiana M. Mason

KALAMAZOO Lily L. O’Keefe

MICHIGAN

AUBURN HILLS Courtney K. Morton BATH Meri L. Kolemainen BAY CITY Ruby J. Yantz

KALKASKA Thomas M. Wilkens KENTWOOD Grace E. Jones LAKE ORION Andre O. Orselli LAWTON

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Paige P. Ramsay

KANSAS

COVINGTON Sabrina A. Mardis

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AUSTIN Emma J. Andersen FARIBAULT John-Michael Collier NORTHFIELD Dylan B. Gehring SAINT PAUL Bridgette A. Bienias WAYZATA Maya R Vagle

BALLWIN Shanna C. Bailey Lisa M. Savage Shwetha Sundarrajan CHESTERFIELD Haley E. Babb

ORCHARD PARK Philip E. Choroser SPRINGVILLE MacKenzie R. Engel

OHIO

ANNA Savanna M. Manger ANSONIA Amber L. Aultman Aydan C. Sanders

O FALLON Victoria L Allinger

ANTWERP Alexandra V. Hindenlang Rebecca L. Mccroskey

SAINT CHARLES Olivia G. Archibald Taylor B. Sheridan

ARCANUM Jeremy L. Bridenbaugh Sydney M. Naylor

SAINT LOUIS Robert J. Benkelman Grace E. Bolesta Ashlynn M. Jenkins Makaya R. Johnson Zoey Jordan Bridget A. Junker Meredith A. Laird Leah R. Mcguire Victoria N. Okaro-Ezeufo Kayla S. Scharenberg

BLANCHESTER Valeria V. Ryahovskaya

UNION Anna C. Fink

CAMDEN Blake P. Rogers

WILDWOOD Sydney B Richardson

CARLISLE Natalie M. Fitzpatrick

NORTH CAROLINA BURLINGTON Kyle M. Sharp

HAW RIVER Heather D. Powell KERNERSVILLE Marina Y. Livelsberger MINT HILL Maxwell A. Becker

NEW HAMPSHIRE RYE Cody R. Graham

NEW JERSEY COLUMBIA

BLUE ASH Stefanie N. Schweikert BOTKINS Danielle M. Schwartz BOWLING GREEN Stephanie R. Bell

CELINA Alyssa K. Boeckman Hope E. Ebbing Victoria A. Knapke Zachary R. Poor Brittany L. Steinbrunner CHESTERLAND Lauren M Alvarez CINCINNATI Claudia M. Como Alyssa C. Reynolds Todd M. Sams Alexandra K. Vale Grace E. Wagner CLEVELAND Aviyon R. Fitz COLDWATER Emily G. Miller

COVINGTON Breanna R. Kimmel DAYTON Julia E. Schultz DEFIANCE Kloee M. Chase Alex W. Stanton Makenna J. Wagner Caitlyn M. Wetstein DELAWARE Amaia Daniel DELPHOS Davion M. Tyson DUBLIN Lauren E. Alsko Graham R. Carpenter Cecilia G. Moore EATON Anthony J. Hewitt Kayden W. Johnson Griffin S. Lammers Evan T. Mitchell Kasey D. Wilken ENGLEWOOD Jenna A. Powell FAIRFIELD Molly R. Arent Seth J. Papania Lydia R. Richey Benjamin M. Seigel Kyle M. Young FORT RECOVERY Adam M. Hess Nicole Keller Cashaus R. Metzger Natalie R. Pottkotter Allison A. Sudhoff Trevor J. Vaughn Jessica C. Wendel GAHANNA Caroline G. Deibel GALION Allison G. Denero GERMANTOWN Felise S Van Houten GREENVILLE Lauren A. Burns Lauren M. Flory Sydney P. Lawson

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Nicole Y. Stewart Tabetha S. Westfall GROVER HILL Lakin N. Clemons HAMILTON Annalise R. Baker Jordan A. Flaig Leana L. Harvey Summer R. Hubbard Brianna N. Kilbane Jacob P. Middendorf Alexis N. Miracle Lindsey A. Pelfrey Gracelyn N. Stitzel HICKSVILLE Carley M. Hammond HILLARD Alexa R. Mcdonald HOLLAND Landon J. Mcgill HUBER HEIGHTS Amaya L. Jones LIBERTY TOWNSHIP Sara E. Maharg Erika B. Denny Caleigh L. Omeara Kaleb A. Sackenheim LIMA Catherine P. Flower Shiloh Shoemaker Kamryn P. Tomlinson LONDON McKenna J. Stevenson LOVELAND Kaylee N Michael MACEDONIA Tye Evans MAINEVILLE

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Karleigh J. Conner

Ashley M. Richardson

Braiden A. Sherman

MAPLEWOOD Kathryn N. Imke

PARMA Madison K. Tupa

MARYSVILLE Grace M Alsop

PEPPER PIKE Caila C. Schold

SOMERVILLE Jessica C. Dingledine Lucas T. Killip

Jonathan M. Lee Laine A. Spoor Austin T. Voors Tristen R. Wehner Ryan M. Peltier

MASON Payton J. Drefcinski Cole J. Pearce

PETTISVILLE Owen P. King

SPRINGBORO Raegan S. Furry

VANDALIA Brianna L. Perkins

SYLVANIA Paige V. Wojcik

VERSAILLES Samuel J. Eiting Kristen R. Gower Cassandra M. Peters

MENDON Paige A. Cron MIDDLE POINT Lexie D Walker MIDDLETOWN Brookelyn C. Chrisman Breyonnah Davis Meaghan R. McCarter Matthew A. Neeley MINSTER Jared A. Heitkamp Gregory R. Steed MONROE Tristan W. Backas Thomas M. Guido Faith M. Hensley

PICKERINGTON Tyler M. Potts PIQUA Claire E. Busse REYNOLDSBURG Joseph D. Boggs J’Nae L. Deslandes RICHFIELD Timothy C. Grandon ROCKFORD Ashton K. Hamrick Miranda R. Haynes Caden T. May Nina M. Secaur ROSSBURG Cody A. Sanders

NEW KNOXVILLE Kylie S. Roby

RUSSIA Olivia L. Quinter

NEW MADISON Jacob D. Shaffer

SAGAMORE HILLS Rachel E. Cornett

NORWALK Meghan F. Hedrick

SAINT HENRY Ryan M. Bruening Claudia J. Heitkamp Alana M. Kunkler Robyn A. Lefeld Cecilia F. May Allison R. Speck

OAKWOOD Jacee E. Harwell OREGONIA Trey D. Uetrecht OXFORD Dillon J. Heineman

SIDNEY Emma A. Dahlinghaus Angelina M. Dilullo

TIFFIN Patrick C. DelTurco TIPP CITY Zachary C. Losey TOLEDO Sha’Nyia L. Lightner TRENTON Jay D. Coolidge Erin L. Heidorn Meshayla Long Megan E. Maloney Trenton J. Maloney Ethan G. McCarty Mason G. Myers Kyle J. Tendam TROY Austin J. Kloeker TWINSBURG Hannah L. Whitley UNION CITY Kali P. Copeland Stevi N. Keen Makenna L. Price Katherine E. Werts Nicole B. Yount VAN WERT Kylee R. Bagley Kaylin M. Bledsoe Michael W. Etter Stephen M. Hamblett Briana E. Kesler

WEST CHESTER Mera A. Alfawares Emma M. Cunningham Claire E. Dietz Peyton D. Graham Nicole F. Johnson Jacob E. Mcghee Caleb Meyer Lucas J. Nartker Christine M. Pham Pauline M. Pham Paige L. Rieman WEST MANCHESTER Dylan M. Claude WHITEHOUSE Christina M. Youngblood ZANESVILLE Karlie M. Zumbro

Oregon

INDEPENDENCE Phoebe N. Jacobs

Pennsylvania BADEN Adam J. Feick

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP Kristina I. Johnson LANCASTER Callie J. Rumbaugh

VENETIA Grant M. Ogburn

Rhode Island CRANSTON Sari I. Thaler

South Carolina

Sydney J. Haffelder GLENDALE Claire E. Trattner HARTFORD Izabel C. Krystowiak

MOUNT PLEASANT Kaleb A. Jenness

KENOSHA John P. Lynch

Tennennesse

MADISON Easton M. Smith

KNOXVILLE Emma S. Adamcik MT JULIET Mary C. Parrish

NASHVILLE Magnifique Mpawinayo NOLENSVILLE Aimee L. Dunphy

Texas

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Sharp, who is also the vice president of SMC, said Purdue Polytechnic’s goal is to focus on programs and training centered around manufacturing and engineering.

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July 2018 On July 6, 2018, Nation ruled in favor of the city, which allowed the $4.5-million bond to be used by Madjax.

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Continued from Page 27 “You kind of forget how many people you know in your hometown,” Botts said. “The reception being back in town has been awesome, you know, just running into some of the guys I went to high school with, getting to spend some time with them.

It’s really cool being back.”

Botts said almost every teammate from the two runs to the state finals has reached out to him to welcome him back, even if they aren’t still in the city.

When he first got the news, the first phone call Botts made was to his wife Jordan to let her know what just happened.

“That’s the only call you can make right after,” he said. “We were really excited as a couple.”

Ben and Jordan met at Fort Wayne, where she played on the women’s basketball team while he played with the men’s program.

He then shared the news with his parents, Pat and Jane, who still live in Muncie, and John Peckinpaugh, a teammate of his at Central and assistant coach at Fort Wayne who worked in the next office over.

As a coach, Botts said he

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bring new development and new opportunities in for the millennials, entrepreneurs, our high school students ... that you need a facility like that that can offer different opportunities,” said Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler.

Board of Trustees member Thomas Bracken declined to be interviewed for this story.

After three phone calls and an email, Madjax director of operations, Jennifer Greene, was unreachable by time of publishing.

Contact Mary Freda with comments at mafreda@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Mary_Freda1.

likes to keep a calm demeanor because in such an up and down game with a grinding season, you can’t get too high and can’t get too low. As Botts enters his first year on the Ball State staff, he loves the potential he sees on the team, and at least one player is mutually sold on what he brings to the table.

“I love coach Botts. He’s been a big blessing on our team, and he’s a great man,” said senior guard Tayler Persons, who led Ball State a year ago with 15 points per game. “As soon as he got here, I tried to make him feel comfortable and talk to him every day. … It’s awesome to have a great guy, and a Muncie guy, too, who cares about the city.

“He’s steady. He doesn’t get too emotional, and I like people like that because I’m an emotional guy. … I feel like he’s going to teach me a lot about getting to that next level, too.”

With Botts on board and most of last year’s players returning, along with some newcomers, he’s excited to get the season underway.

“I think this team is primed to make a run,” Botts said. “I just want to help in any way I can.”

Contact Nate Fields with comments at nefields@bsu.edu or on Twitter @NateNada.

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